<p>Two doctors at the Centre-run RML hospital here have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>According to an official, the two women doctors are likely to have contracted the disease from coronavirus infected patients.</p>.<p>The official said that contact-tracing has been initiated and several medical staff who have come in contact with these two doctors are being quarantined.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-in-focus-as-indias-tally-goes-past-5800-global-toll-crosses-85000-817763.html?_ga=2.163133119.2073454908.1586524363-2033073023.1584952646" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>"Both the doctors are admitted at the hospital for treatment. They are stable," the official said. </p>.<p>The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 353 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 10,815 on Tuesday according to the Union Health Ministry.</p>.<p>However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states as on Tuesday evening showed at least 10,986 cases and 365 deaths.</p>.<p>There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of deaths announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states. </p>
<p>Two doctors at the Centre-run RML hospital here have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>According to an official, the two women doctors are likely to have contracted the disease from coronavirus infected patients.</p>.<p>The official said that contact-tracing has been initiated and several medical staff who have come in contact with these two doctors are being quarantined.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-lockdown-in-focus-as-indias-tally-goes-past-5800-global-toll-crosses-85000-817763.html?_ga=2.163133119.2073454908.1586524363-2033073023.1584952646" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>"Both the doctors are admitted at the hospital for treatment. They are stable," the official said. </p>.<p>The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 353 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 10,815 on Tuesday according to the Union Health Ministry.</p>.<p>However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states as on Tuesday evening showed at least 10,986 cases and 365 deaths.</p>.<p>There has been a lag in the Union Health Ministry figures, compared to the number of deaths announced by different states, which officials attribute to procedural delays in assigning the cases to individual states. </p>