Jail superintendent Amit Kumar said that as per the direction of the DGP prisons, around 1,800 inmates have been tested for Covid and most of the infected inmates are asymptomatic and healthy (Representational image)
KARNAL: As many as 62 more inmates tested positive for Covid-19 in Haryana’s Karnal district jail on Saturday, raising the number of infected prisoners to 223. Karnal CMO Dr Yogesh Sharma said the infected inmates have been isolated in a special ward and teams of doctors deputed there. Jail superintendent Amit Kumar said that as per the direction of the DGP prisons, around 1,800 inmates have been tested for Covid and most of the infected inmates are asymptomatic and healthy. TNN