90 teachers in Belagavi district have succumbed to COVID-19

Belagavi: Ninety teachers in the Belagavi and Chikkodi talukas in the district here have died in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Belagavi recorded 23 deaths in the first wave and 20 in the second wave while Chikkodi witnessed 18 deaths in the first wave and 29 in the second wave.

Presently, 53 teachers are infected with the virus and are undergoing treatment in hospitals as well as in their homes.