A Catholic archbishop and 12 nuns are among thousands of persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 in India in the past days.

The nuns work at a church-run hospital in the north-eastern State of Assam. State officials sealed off their hospital and moved them to a government facility for treatment.
Retired Archbishop Bernard Moras of Bangalore in southern India tested positive for Covid-19 on July 3 during a routine check-up at church-run St John’s Medical College. His condition is stable, the hospital said.

The prelate and nuns are among some 700,000 Covid-19 cases reported in India as of July 5. Some 24,000 people tested positive on July 5 in the worst single-day spike in the country. Close to 20,000 have already died.

India has been struggling to flatten the coronavirus curve since cases began to increase in mid-March. Since July, the country has been adding more than 20,000 infections each day, with more people testing positive even in villages.