In Delhi's Mandoli jail, 17 inmates test Covid-19 positive after one dies

Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said of the 29 inmates who were tested, reports of 17 came back positive on Monday. The remaining 12 inmates have tested negative for the disease

Days after a 62-year-old inmate of Mandoli Jail died due to Covid-19, 17 others who shared barrack with him tested positive for the disease on Monday, prison officials said.

The first inmate, Kanwar Singh, lodged in Central Jail number 14, Mandoli, died in his sleep on June 15. His test report for Covid-19 came back positive on Saturday, following which 29 inmates who shared barrack with him were also tested, according to officials.

Singh's is the first case of a Delhi prison inmate dying due to the contagious respiratory disease.

Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said of the 29 inmates