Indore:
Three men detained under the National Security Act (NSA) and currently being held in Madhya Pradesh's Satna and Jabalpur have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, triggering alarm bells among district administrations.
Two of the three, sent to Satna Jail on Friday, were arrested four days ago for attacking a police officer inside a containment zone in Indore. Satna officials allege their Indore counterparts failed to conduct COVID-19 tests before transporting them; the third prisoner, sent to Jabalpur on Thursday, also tested positive.
Satna district had no confirmed COVID-19 cases before this incident, despite being in a state among those most badly hit by the outbreak. Jabalpur has nine, including this one, and Indore has 311 so far.
"We did not get prior information from Indore. When they were near the jail (Indore) administration informed me and we kept them in isolated cells. On coming to know one of the detainees in Jabalpur had tested positive, tests of those in Satna were also performed and reports came positive on Sunday," Ajay Katesari, the Satna District Collector, said.
A total of 12 people, ranging from first- to third-level contacts of the prisoners, have been either isolated at home or sent into quarantine. This number includes nine staff members at Satna Jail and a tea shop owner at whose shop Indore cops transporting the prisoners stopped for a break.
In addition, Indore district administration has been asked to quarantine the eight police officials who transported the NSA detainees, as well anyone who may have been in contact with them.
Earlier Jabalpur Jail Superintendent Gopal Tamraker had noticed the prisoner transferred from Indore had COVID-19 symptoms. He decided not to take him and a co-accused to their cells and sent them to an isolation ward at a hospital, thereby potentially containing an outbreak.
The NSA detainees allegedly attacked a police team in Chandan Nagar in Indore on April 7. They were arrested the same day and booked under the strict act the following day.
World
Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 17,87,823 and 1,09,707 have died; 12,68,147 are active cases and 4,09,969 have recovered as on April 12, 2020 at 5:15 pm.
India
In India, there are 8,447 confirmed cases including 273 deaths. The number of active cases is 7,409 and 765 have recovered as on April 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
State & District Details State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra
1761
1426
208
127
Delhi
1069
1025
25
19
Tamil Nadu
969
915
44
10
Rajasthan
700
676
21
3
Madhya Pradesh
564
528
0
36
Telangana
504
452
43
9
Uttar Pradesh
452
402
45
5
Gujarat
432
366
44
22
Andhra Pradesh
381
364
11
6
Kerala
374
230
142
2
Karnataka
226
183
37
6
Jammu And Kashmir
224
214
6
4
Haryana
185
153
29
3
Punjab
151
135
5
11
West Bengal
134
110
19
5
Bihar
64
44
19
1
Odisha
54
41
12
1
Uttarakhand
35
30
5
0
Himachal Pradesh
32
25
6
1
Assam
29
28
0
1
Chhattisgarh
25
15
10
0
Chandigarh
19
12
7
0
Jharkhand
17
16
0
1
Ladakh
15
5
10
0
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
11
1
10
0
Goa
7
2
5
0
Puducherry
7
6
1
0
Manipur
2
1
1
0
Tripura
2
2
0
0
Mizoram
1
1
0
0
Arunachal Pradesh
1
1
0
0
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