Kapashera building: 17 more people infected with coronavirus, total now 58

New Delhi, May 3 () A day after 41 coronavirus cases were reported from a building in Kapashera in southwest Delhi, 17 more people were found infected on Sunday, taking the total number to 58, officials said.

On Saturday, 41 people residing in the building were tested positive for coronavirus.

A case of COVID-19 was reported from the building in a congested lane on April 18, the official said.

The building has already been sealed.

The guidelines mandate sealing an area when minimum three cases have been reported.

Last month, a private secretary of southwest District Magistrate Rahul Singh had tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the DM to go into self-isolation. BUN PR SMNSMN