NEW DELHI: In the first instance of a Covid-19 fatality in the Central para-military forces, a 55-year-old CRPF sub-inspector who had tested positive only five days back, died at Safdarjung hospital here on Tuesday afternoon.Hailing from Barpeta in Assam, SI Mohammad Ikram Hussain — posted at the CRPF’s 31st battalion camp at Mayur Vihar — was also suffering from other medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.The CRPF fatality comes even as 12 more force personnel tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of CRPF personnel infected with Corona virus so far to 47. The 12 Covid-positive personnel belonging to the 31st battalion join 33 others, including dead SI Mohammad Ikram Hussain, from the same battalion who had come in contact with an infected nursing attendant and later tested positive. A total 44 personnel, including the 12 whose reports came positive on Tuesday, are quarantined at Mandoli quarantine centre here. Another personnel from 194th battalion, who is in Delhi, as well as one from Ahmedabad too are Covid-positive.The dead sub-inspector, a CRPF officer told TOI, had come in contact with a Covid-positive nursing attendant at the 31st battalion’s Mayur Vihar facility. On testing positive 5-6 days back, he was shifted to Safdarjung hospital since he had other underlying medical conditions and showing symptoms more than the others. The nursing attendant meanwhile is being treated at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital here.During contact tracing carried out after the nursing attendant had tested positive, 30 other CRPF personnel of 31st battalion were also found to be Covid-positive. However, since most of them were asymptomatic and much younger to the sub-inspector, they were sent to the Mandoli quarantine centre run by the Delhi government. “They are doing fine,” a CRPF officer told TOI on Tuesday.Home minister Amit Shah, in his condolence message following the CRPF sub-inspector’s death, stated: “I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bahadur Sub-Inspector Mohammad Ikram Hussain fighting Corona Virus infection. He heroically fought Covid-19 till the end. His contribution to the service and internal security of the country inspires all of us”.