279 Maharashtra cops test Covid+ve in 24 hours

July 06, 2020 16:55

279 personnel of the Maharashtra Police tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the force to 5,454 out of which 1,078 cases are active. A total of 70 police personnel have died so far: Police.

According to the Johns Hopkins University in the United States, which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world, India is at the eighth position in terms of the death toll due to the disease.

Of the 425 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 151 are from Maharashtra. Of the 19,693 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra accounts for 8,822 deaths, followed by Delhi (3,067).

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