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: At least 30 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel who arrived in Kotdwar assembly constituency from Gujarat for poll duty have tested positive for Covid-19. Speaking to TOI, Kotdwar circle officer GL Kholi said, “Of 82 who arrived from Gujarat, 30 personnel of BSF's 50th battalion have been found infected with the virus. They have been quarantined by the health department.”
It is learnt that some officers and soldiers were stationed at the Bhuj border. On reaching Kotdwar on Tuesday, RT-PCR test was conducted on them, and the reports came out positive.
On Thursday, Pauri Garhwal recorded 106 Covid cases. Now, Pauri has 291 active cases, while 317 people have died due to
Two people at Doon Medical College Hospital and Susheela Tiwari Medical College Hospital died of the infection, taking the death toll to 7,435 in the state.
Social health watcher Anoop Nautiyal said the positivity rate was 10.91%, adding that such a jump was reported on May 23, 2021, with the positivity rate being 7.42%.
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