As Schools Reopen, Covid Numbers For Children Up In Some States

The cases in point are in six states -- Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand -- where Covid numbers for children are up.

Some states where schools have opened amid concerns about a third wave of the Covid pandemic, are seeing a rise in infections among children. The cases in point are in six states -- Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand. In Jharkhand and Chandigarh, though, the trend is opposite. The biggest spike in infection among children has taken place in Punjab -- between July and August, the figures there have grown by 9.6 per cent. Schools in the state had reopened since August 2. In the rest of the states -- Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh -- the growth in positivity among children has been between 2 and 3 per cent. Schools have been open in Gujarat since July 26. In Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, they opened in the first week of August. Bihar was the last to join the group -- the schools there opened after August 16.