As many as 28 Mumbai policemen tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, informed police on Wednesday.
With this, the tally of positive police personnel rose to 1,273 in the city. A total of 127 personnel have died so far from the infection, said the Mumbai police.
A total of 10,666 policemen have been found positive in Mumbai so far. Also, 21 police personnel tested COVID-19 positive on Tuesday in Pune city.
With this, the number of infected police personnel in the city rose to 504, said Pune police.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 39,207 new COVID-19 cases and 53 deaths in the state on Tuesday. The total tally stands at 72,82,128.