Six healthcare workers of Delhi's Hindu Rao hospital test COVID-19 positive

These workers, along with 63 others, were quarantined after a dialysis patient at the North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospital had tested positive for the disease, they said.

Health care workers collecting samples at a COVID-19 testing centre. (Photo| Shekhar Yadav, EPS) 

NEW DELHI: Six healthcare workers of the Hindu Rao Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus after coming in contact with an infected person, officials said on Sunday.

These workers, along with 63 others, were quarantined after a dialysis patient at the North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospital had tested positive for the disease, they said.

North Delhi mayor Avtar Singh had inspected the hospital on Wednesday.

Ten healthcare workers, including seven doctors, of the Hindu Rao Hospital, the largest civic facility in Delhi, have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, officials earlier said.