<keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">Coronavirus</keyword> has infected around 548 doctors, nurses and <keyword id="6421374" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Paramedics">paramedics</keyword> across the country so far, according to data maintained by the Centre, official sources said on Wednesday. The figure does not include field workers, ward boys, sanitation workers, security guards, lab attendants, peons, laundry and kitchen staff among others. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75569564" title="A BBC investigation revealed how the far right is exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic to spread conspiracies – it’s no different in India" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> According to an official source, it has not been ascertained from where these doctors, nurses and paramedic staff have acquired the infection. The figure includes doctors, nurses and paramedics from Centre-run and state government-run facilities across states and union territories. "No epidemiological investigation of the cases were done. So there is no clear segregation on how many contracted the <keyword id="6361612" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="disease">disease</keyword> at workplace and how many got it from the community," the official source said. The official said that 69 doctors in the national capital have so far contracted the disease. COVID-19 has claimed 1,694 lives and infected 49,391 people nationwide till Wednesday morning. Besides, 274 nurses and paramedics have so far been infected by the virus. As many as 13 healthcare personnel, including seven resident doctors and a professor, have tested positive for coronavirus over the past two months at the Centre-run <keyword id="163247" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Safdarjung">Safdarjung</keyword> Hospital, the sources said. Around 10 healthcare workers, including a resident doctor and five nurses, have contracted the disease so far at the AIIMS. Besides, some security guards have also been infected in the premier hospital. Besides, several healthcare workers working in various central and Delhi government hospitals have also been infected by the disease, according to the data. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75570106" title="Long queues as Telangana re-opens liquor shops after 43 days shutdown" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

As many as 548 cases of medical staff infected by coronavirus in India

A 10-month-old girl has died at the Chaurasi village primary school quarantine centre in <keyword id="6740487" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Siddharthnagar-district">Siddharthnagar district</keyword> of <keyword id="6357713" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</keyword>. The girl's father Rajendra Prasad said that on Thursday evening his daughter was restless and developed measles-like <keyword id="44308" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Symptoms">symptoms</keyword> on Friday and died the following day. This is the first quarantined infantile death in the state. According to reports, the baby fell ill on Thursday and when her condition deteriorated, she was rushed to the district hospital in Uska Bazar area in an ambulance on Saturday where the doctors declared her brought dead. The family members later buried her in the village. "The family members had come from Mumbai and they were instructed to stay at the quarantine centre in Chaurasi village primary school since March 29. They were scheduled to leave the quarantine centre on Saturday," said District Magistrate Deepak Meena. There has been five Covid-19 deaths in Uttar Pradesh -- Basti (died in Gorakhpur), Meerut, Varanasi, Agra and Bulandshahr (died in delhi's Safdarjung during treatmet). SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/data-of-coronavirus-patients-state-wise-in-india/articleshow/74669748.cms">Coronavirus cases in India state wise</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/coronavirus-myths-and-facts-here-are-some-rumours-about-covid-19-that-arent-true/articleshow/74487962.cms">Coronavirus myths and facts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/coronavirus-dos-and-donts-for-protection-against-convid-19/articleshow/74475858.cms">Do’s and Don’ts for protection against COVID-19</a>

A 10-month-old girl dies in a quarantine centre in Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh

Two nursing officers working at <keyword id="560420" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-State-Cancer-Institute">Delhi State Cancer Institute</keyword> have tested positive for <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>, said the health department of Delhi government on Friday. The hospital has now been shut for operations. Just two days ago, a doctor from this hospital had tested positive following which screening of 19 persons who came in his contact was conducted. After the test result came, two nursing officers were found coronavirus positive. The contact tracing of these two coronavirus positive nursing officers has been launched. Earlier, a resident doctor at <keyword id="6365231" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="all-india-institute-of-medical-sciences">All India Institute of Medical Sciences</keyword> (AIIMS) and his pregnant doctor wife were also found Covid-19 positive. They have been kept in isolation. "Coronavirus positive <keyword id="25205" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="doctors">doctors</keyword> have been kept in isolation wards under the care of specialist doctors. The woman doctor will deliver at AIIMS only," said a senior doctor at AIIMS. Earlier,two doctors working at Safdarjung hospital were also found coronavirus positive. So far a total of eight doctors have tested positive for coronavirus. SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/topic/coronavirus">Coronavirus News and Updates</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/narendra-modi-speech-and-highlights-on-april-3/articleshow/74959547.cms">Indian Prime Narendra Modi urges people to light candles, torches, and mobile flashlights on April 5 at 9 pm⁠— as a symbol of a unified fight against novel coronavirus</a>

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As many as 548 cases of medical staff infected by coronavirus in India

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A 10-month-old girl dies in a quarantine centre in Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh

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Delhi Cancer Institute nurses test Coronavirus positive; hospital shuts operations

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