The State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) that has been assisting the city and state police maintain law and order while fighting COVID-19, have reported 774 positive cases across Maharashtra, but good fitness and protective measures are helping the jawans recover quickly. According to the SRPF Additional Director General (ADG), the recovery rate is 86 per cent so far, with only one casualty among them.

The SRPF has been deployed in COVID-affected areas to help the local police not just focus on law and order, but social distancing to stop the spread of the virus. But the companies deployed mostly in Containment Zones are getting infected by the virus. As per official data from the SRPF, till Tuesday 774 jawans tested positive and 671 of them have recovered. "The jawans in all the companies are young and their fitness is better than of members in any other forces and that's why we have such a good recovery rate," said SRPF ADG Archana Tyagi.