AGARTALA/NEW DELHI: With 24 fresh cases in another battalion, the number of COVID-19 positive cases among Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and their family members in Tripura climbed to 86 in six days, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Thursday while two personnel died in New Delhi. Deb, in a tweet, said that the fresh 24 positive cases were found in the BSF’s 86th Battalion in Ambassa, the district headquarters of Dhalai, 82 km north of Agartala.
Till Wednesday, the positive cases were found among troopers of the 138th Battalion, whose headquarters are also located in the same place (Ambassa) as of the 86th.
Meanwhile, two BSF personnel succumbed to the COVID-19 infection in the national capital as active positive cases of the pandemic in various paramilitary forces neared 500, officials said on Thursday. These are the first coronavirus fatalities in the paramilitary force.
The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) — comprising the Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal — reported about 90 fresh cases on Thursday. (Agencies)
