Maharashtra Police: Coronavirus death toll in state rises to 35

One more police personnel in lost his life due to coronavirus in Mumbai on Wednesday. With this the death toll due to the infection in the state police department has risen to 35, officials said.

Due to the death of the policeman, a 54-year-old constable, the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the city''s police force went up to 21, an official said.

"The constable died during treatment at a hospital in suburban Jogeshwari, where he had been undergoing treatment since Sunday. He was attached to Meghwadi Police Station," he added.

Till Sunday, as many as 2,562 police personnel had tested positive for the deadly disease in Maharashtra, he added.