233 Assam jail inmates test positive for COVID-19
The Hindu
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The sudden detection of COVID-19 infections among 105 inmates of the Dibrugarh and Sivasagar jails in eastern Assam has taken the current positive count among prisoners to 233. Officials said there were 128 COVID-19 positive prisoners across 16 of Assam’s 31 jails till May 17, including six facilities that also serve as detention centres for declared foreigners. “But 54 prisoners in Dibrugarh Central Jail and 51 in the Sivasagar jail tested positive over the past couple of days, after some 400 of them were tested. There are 233 positive prisoners as of today, with a few having recovered over a month or so,” Inspector-General of Prisons Barnali Sarma told The Hindu.
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