74 male prison inmates diagnosed with Covid-19
Seventy four prison inmates, all men, were diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus yesterday (18), says the Prisons Department.
In all, 3,372 have so far tested positive for the virus from prisons.
They include 114 officers.
In the meantime, 1,172 infected persons from prisons have recovered upto now.
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