24 people in Army's RR hospital in Delhi test positive for Covid-19

Twenty-four people including many serving and retired armed forces personnel have tested positive for coronavirus at the Army's premier Research and Referral hospital in the national capital, officials said on Tuesday.

Separately, the Indian Navy quarantined around 150 officers and sailors at the INS Netaji Subhash, an administrative and logistics base in Kolkata, as a precautionary measure after its two sailors reported symptoms for COVID-19, official sources said.

All the 24 people who tested positive for the infection in the Research and Referral hospital were from its oncology ward. They have already been shifted to the Army's Base hospital in Delhi Cantonmen,