Shahdol, August 12: Days after they were shifted to Shahdol jail from a prison in Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh, 14 women inmates have been found to be coronavirus positive, a senior official said on Wednesday.

They were shifted to Shahdol Medical College on Tuesday evening, said Shahdol district jail superintendent GK Neti. The women inmates, including 13 undertrials and a convict, were shifted from Baidhan jail on August 9 as it was overcrowded, he said. Maharashtra: 50 Prisoners of Akola Jail Test Coronavirus Positive.

He said one of the infected prisoners has a 18-month- old child with her, whose samples were taken and report is awaited. "A total of 25 women prisoners are currently lodged in Shahdol Jail but none of them had coronavirus symptoms," the jail superintendent said.