As many as 103 people, including inmates and staffers, at Arthur Road Central Jail tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The prison, known for having housed underworld figures and terror convicts, currently houses around 2,800 inmates despite having a capacity of 800. “Tests have confirmed that 77 prisoners and 26 prison staffers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Prisons Department officials said they were tracing the contact histories of all those who had tested positive. The staffers were quarantined and tested positive as well, after which samples were collected from all inmates of the barrack.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2020 19:41 UTC