The number of Covid-19 cases in a central government-run school in Narasimharajapura taluk of Chikkamagaluru district crossed the 100-mark on Monday, with 35 more students and three staffers testing positive on Monday.
On Sunday, 59 students and 10 staff (teaching and non-teaching) had tested positive for the virus. The cluster was detected when a teacher had tested positive four days back. In all, 107 including 94 students have tested positive so far.
Officials said two ambulances have been kept on standby at the school, while dedicated medical teams are monitoring the health of all the students. All the students are asymptomatic and have been isolated on campus.
District Deputy Commissioner KN Ramesh said that all the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing.
There has been a series of cluster outbreaks in educational institutions across the state. About 10 days ago, more than 300 students SDM College of Medical Sciences tested positive in Dharwad and since then, the outbreak has been taking place in the campuses of schools and colleges in Bengaluru, tumakuru, Hasan And Mysore district
On Sunday, 59 students and 10 staff (teaching and non-teaching) had tested positive for the virus. The cluster was detected when a teacher had tested positive four days back. In all, 107 including 94 students have tested positive so far.
Officials said two ambulances have been kept on standby at the school, while dedicated medical teams are monitoring the health of all the students. All the students are asymptomatic and have been isolated on campus.
District Deputy Commissioner KN Ramesh said that all the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing.
There has been a series of cluster outbreaks in educational institutions across the state. About 10 days ago, more than 300 students SDM College of Medical Sciences tested positive in Dharwad and since then, the outbreak has been taking place in the campuses of schools and colleges in Bengaluru, tumakuru, Hasan And Mysore district
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