COVID-19: 10 prisoners test positive in Agra Central Jail

Amid COVID-19 lockdown when country is fighting to curb the spread of the dreadful virus, 10 jail prisoners tested positive for COVID-19 in Agra jail.

A prisoner from Agra Central Jail, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died on May 9.

After which jail authority sent samples of 27 people including 13 police officials and 14 prisoners from which 10 prisoners tested COVID-19 positive.

The jail barracks, in which the infected prisoners were kept, have been emptied and other prisoners are shifted to different barracks keeping social distancing in mind.

A prisoner from Agra Central Jail, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died.

Agra is one of the districts of UP which has recorded most of the COVID-19 cases.

UP has recorded 3664 confirmed cases and 82 deaths from COVID-19 till now.

Lockdown has been extended till May 17.