Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on 77 inmates & 26 police personnel testing COVID-19 positive said,"We kept 8 jails including Arthur Road Jail in complete lockdown. No one was allowed to leave or enter from outside. But maybe through people who supply vegetables & milk acted as carriers of COVID-19."
"77 inmates and 26 police personnel at Mumbai's Arthur Road prison have tested positive for COVID-19. They will be sent to Saint George's hospital for treatment," he said.
Earlier the jail authorities had said that seventy-two inmates and seven staff members were tested positive for COVID-19.