Agartala (Tripura): A total of 30 more Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and their family members on Friday tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of infected among the para-military personnel and their kin in Tripura to 116, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Friday.
Deb, in a late night tweet, said that the fresh 30 positive cases were found in the BSF's 86th and 138th Battalions, which both have their headquarters in Ambassa, the district headquarters of Dhalai, 82 km north of Agartala.
The fresh cases also included four family members of the BSF personnel belonging to 138th Battalion and a truck driver.
The Chief Minister, who also holds the Health potfolio, in a separate Facebook post, said: "We are conducting a maximum number of COVID-19 tests to ensure better safety of every citizen of Tripura. Co-operate with the government. We are working round-the-clock for your safety."
According to health officials, though the two BSF battalion headquarters were located in the same place and close to the civilian localities and on the vital Assam-Agartala national highway (the lifeline of Tripura), no civilian had yet tested positive.