August 17, 2020 04:30 am | Updated 04:30 am IST - Bareilly
Ninety inmates of a government shelter home for girls here have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Sunday.
Deputy Director of Women Welfare Department Nita Ahirwar said, “In the past two days, 90 inmates of Nari Niketan here have tested positive. All of them have been isolated.”
How the inmates got the infection is being investigated, she said.
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