COVID-19: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya cases go up to 103
The Hindu
Of these, 92 are students
“As many as 103 persons, including 92 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Seegodu near Balehonnur, have tested positive for COVID-19 since December 2,” said Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner K.N. Ramesh on December 6.
In a media conference at Chikkamagaluru, the DC said 30 samples were collected at the residential school on December 2. Among them eight tested positive. On December 3, the Health and Family Welfare Department collected 418 samples at the school, and of them, 95 tested positive. A total of 103 persons, including 92 students, nine teachers and two family members of the teachers, had tested positive for the infection.

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