Mumbai: Three policemen died of Covid-19 in the last 24-hours in Maharashtra taking the toll death in the force to 93, a senior officer said. One of the three was from Mumbai where 53 policemen have died so far in the pandemic.
Vinayak Deshmukh, assistant inspector general of police (law and order) on Saturday confirmed that three policemen from constabulary from Mumbai, Thane and Satara police commissionerates died of Covid-19. All of them were above 50 years of age.
Mumbai police has maximum cases of Covid-19 cases with over 3,600 infected police personnel, followed by Thane police.
A total of 8,232 policemen (861 officers, 7,371 constables) from across the state have contracted the virus till date. Of them 6,314 have recovered and many of them even joined duty. There are now 1,825 active cases among policemen who are undergoing treatment at various hospitals and Covid care facilities.
