Mangaluru: Four central crime branch (CCB) police personnel tested positive for coronavirus on Friday in Dakshina Kannada district.

So far, eighteen police personnel, including an official of the ACP rank and 12 from Ullal police station, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the district in the last few days. A policeman from Mangaluru Rural station and another from Puttur station have also been infected.

All the personnel who tested positive have been admitted to the designated COVID-19 hospitals.

City police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash said adequate protection has been provided to police personnel who were fighting the pandemic and the members of their families.