Over 100 doctors in Kolkata test positive for COVID-19, as cases triple in three days
Contact tracing has begun, and the process of clinical examination of everyone in the hospitals have started, a health official said
Crowds throng Park Street in Kolkata on 25 December 2021. News18 Bangla
Over 100 doctors in three different hospitals of Kolkata have tested positive for COVID-19
in the last 24 hours, a senior health official said on Monday.
At least 70 doctors of Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, 24 medical practitioners of Chittaranjan Seva Sadan and Shishu Sadan Hospital in Kalighat, and 12 of the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology have tested positive for the infection, the official told PTI.
"The doctors have been asked to go for institutional quarantine," he said.
Contact tracing has begun, and the process of clinical examination of everyone in the three hospitals has started, the official said.
West Bengal had on Sunday reported 6,153 COVID-19 cases, with the eastern metropolis accounting for 3,194 infections. The state's coronavirus tally stood at 16,49,150, of which 17,038 are active cases.
Cases in the capital city Kolkata have tripled over the past three days with the positivity rate rising to 12.5 percent. The positivity rate of the entire state has increased to 5.47 percent.
With input from PTI
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