Mumbai| With every passing day, the tally of COVID-19 positive cases in the country is increasing at an alarming rate. Now not just the number of patients, but the sectors being affected by the novel virus are increasing rapidly.
While in the earlier stage of the pandemic in the country, just the common people were affected, now the virus has engulfed not just the doctors and other medical staff of the country, but a number of IAS officer as well.
In a recent development, 21 personnel serving in the naval premises at Mumbai have been tested positive. As per the inputs from the news agency ANI, the tally includes 20 sailors of INS Angre, which is a shore establishment at Mumbai.
21 serving personnel tested positive for #COVID19 within naval premises at Mumbai. This number includes 20 sailors of INS Angre, a shore establishment at Mumbai. Most of these are asymptomatic & have been traced to a single sailor who was tested positive on 7th April: Indian Navy pic.twitter.com/msYJ0zp5Rv
— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2020
INS Angre is a shore-based logistics and administrative support establishment of the Western Naval Command. It works as a base depot for ships and units based in Mumbai.
The number of testing conducted is still unknown, but it is being said, that with the increase in number of testing, more number of infectants can can rise higher.
