11 girls of Jharkhand residential school test Covid positive
2 years, 7 months ago

11 girls of Jharkhand residential school test Covid positive

Hindustan Times  

As many as 11 students of Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in Jharkhand’s Chatra district were tested positive for Covid-19 in the past two days, officials said on Friday. Eight girls of class 12 and two of class 11 were found to be afflicted with the disease on May 4, while another one tested positive for the virus on Thursday. “We were provided with the test report on May 4 in which 10 students were reported to be positive with Covid-19,” Arundhati Dutta, in charge of Kasturba Gandhi Residential schools in Chatra, said. Excluding the case of Chatra, daily coronavirus cases are fluctuating between six and seven since May 1 in the state, a health official said.

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COVID: 3, including two octogenarians, test positive in DK
1 year ago

COVID: 3, including two octogenarians, test positive in DK

The Hindu  

In the fourth wave, three persons, including two octogenarians, tested positive for COVID-19 in Dakshina Kannada on Thursday, December 21. A 40-year-old man from Mangaluru, who was admitted recently at a government hospital with severe acute respiratory illness has also been tested positive for COVID-19. As per the guidelines of the State government, Dakshina Kannada district administration is doing an …

Four test positive for Covid-19 in Saharanpur
1 year, 8 months ago

Four test positive for Covid-19 in Saharanpur

Hindustan Times  

Saharanpur district is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases these days. District surveillance officer Dr Shivanka Gaur said among the 16 active cases, three are from Chandigarh, Haridwar and other locations who arrived here and tested positive during ongoing testing at public places. Dr Gaur said the health department conducts 1,000 to 1,100 tests per day at railway station, bus …

COVID-19 ALERT! 39 students of Lakhimpur Kheri Kasturba Gandhi school tested positive; building seized
1 year, 8 months ago

COVID-19 ALERT! 39 students of Lakhimpur Kheri Kasturba Gandhi school tested positive; building seized

India TV News  

Lakhimpur Kheri COVID: Uttar Pradesh once again witnessed a massive spike in COVID-19 cases on Sunday. At the latest, at least 39 students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya tested positive after a student returned from Holi vacation infected with the virus. According to multiple media reports, the matter came to light after a student of Matauli KGBV tested positive for …

Bengaluru: 31 school students test Covid positive, fresh cases inch closer to 600-mark
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru: 31 school students test Covid positive, fresh cases inch closer to 600-mark

India TV News  

Highlights At least 31 students tested positive for Covid 19 in Bengaluru. Covid 19 Bengaluru: At least 31 students tested positive for Covid 19 and the number of new Covid cases rose to 582 in the last 24 hours in Karnataka's Bengaluru city. Twenty-one students of the New Standard English School studying in Class 6, and 10 students of MES …

Chennai: Six students test Covid-19 positive at Anna University
2 years, 7 months ago

Chennai: Six students test Covid-19 positive at Anna University

India Today  

Six students have so far tested positive for Covid-19 at Anna University in Chennai. With three more students, living in the varsity's hostel, testing positive for coronavirus on Monday, more samples have been taken for Covid-19 test. COVID-19 CASES IN CHENNAI In the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu logged 35 new coronavirus infections and zero Covid out of which 19 …

64 hostel students test COVID positive in Odisha's Rayagada district
2 years, 7 months ago

64 hostel students test COVID positive in Odisha's Rayagada district

India TV News  

Highlights Rayagada District Magistrate said all precautions were being taken He further said the situation is under control Students residing in two hostels in Odisha have tested positive for COVID-19 As many as 64 school students staying in two hostels in Odisha's Rayagada district tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, officials said. According to Rayagada District Magistrate Saroj Kumar Mishra, …

64 school students test COVID- 19 positive in Odisha's Raygada
2 years, 7 months ago

64 school students test COVID- 19 positive in Odisha's Raygada

Firstpost  

Bhubaneswar: Sixty-four students living in two hostels in Odisha’s Raygada district were found to be COVID-positive as the state reported 71 new cases on Sunday, officials said. Forty-four residents of Anwesha Hostel at Kotlaguda were found to be COVID-positive, hostel matron Namita Samal said. In Bisamkatak block, 20 students of Hatamuniguda Government High School were found to be COVID-positive. District …

60 students of Patiala law university test positive for Covid-19, hostels to be vacated
2 years, 7 months ago

60 students of Patiala law university test positive for Covid-19, hostels to be vacated

India Today  

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law in Patiala, Punjab, was declared a containment zone after 60 students tested positive for Covid-19. READ | Covid-19 worsens asthma in children, finds study India has been witnessing a spike in daily Covid-19 cases since the past few weeks, with several cases being reported from schools and colleges across many states. COVID-19 TALLY …

12 students of Chennai IIT test Covid-19 positive
2 years, 8 months ago

12 students of Chennai IIT test Covid-19 positive

India Today  

A total of 12 students of Chennai IIT have tested positive for Covid-19. State Health Secretary Radhakrishnan said 18 people were tested and 12 people have tested positive. As the Covid-19 cases rise in the country and the numbers in Tamil Nadu is also increasing, the state Health Secretary spoke about the preparedness and the precautionary measures that people need …

15 children among 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Noida, active cases mount to 121
2 years, 8 months ago

15 children among 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Noida, active cases mount to 121

Firstpost  

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, a total of 98,787 people in Gautam Buddh Nagar have tested positive for COVID-19, while 490 of them have died due to the infection Noida: Forty-four people, including 15 children, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, the health department said on Thursday. In the wake …

After Ghaziabad and Noida, Delhi school reports Covid-19 case
2 years, 8 months ago

After Ghaziabad and Noida, Delhi school reports Covid-19 case

India Today  

A Covid-19 case was reported in a private school in South Delhi. "We are keeping an eye on the situation," Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi said after the case of infection was reported in the Delhi school. Earlier, several private school children in Noida and Ghaziabad tested positive for Covid-19. In the advisory, the schools asked parents to monitor Covid-19 …

Madhya Pradesh: Four girls fall sick after COVID vaccination in Satna
2 years, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Four girls fall sick after COVID vaccination in Satna

India TV News  

Highlights 4 girls aged 12 to 14 yrs fell sick after they were vaccinated against COVID They were vaccinated at a primary health centre in MP's Satna, said a health official on Friday The condition of all of them is stable now, informed CMHO Four girls aged 12 to 14 years fell sick after they were vaccinated against COVID-19 at …

Karnataka: 140 Students In PES Engineering College Test Positive For Covid-19 In Mandya District
2 years, 11 months ago

Karnataka: 140 Students In PES Engineering College Test Positive For Covid-19 In Mandya District

ABP News  

New Delhi: As many as 140 engineering students have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Mandya district of Karnataka on Tuesday causing panic among the people. Earlier, a high alert was sounded in Mandya district when 84 devotees returning from Tamil Nadu after a pilgrimage to Om Shakthi temple were tested positive for Covid-19 in the first week of January. …

Tamil Nadu: 58 Students & Staff Members Test Positive For Covid-19 At IIT-Madras
2 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu: 58 Students & Staff Members Test Positive For Covid-19 At IIT-Madras

ABP News  

Chennai: The IIT Madras management has identified a Covid-19 cluster after 58 students and staff members tested positive for coronavirus between January 5 & 9. In the first week of January, nearly 67 students tested positive in the Madras Insitute of Technology campus in Chromepet. Meanwhile, nearly 21 police personnel in the Greater Chennai Police limit tested positive for coronavirus …

COVID-19 Cluster Grips College Hostels: 67 Students From MIT, 27 From Stanley MC Test Positive For Virus
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 Cluster Grips College Hostels: 67 Students From MIT, 27 From Stanley MC Test Positive For Virus

ABP News  

Chennai: As novel coronavirus cases spike in Tamil Nadu, new clusters are gripping colleges hostels in Tamil Nadu. The three clusters emerged from Stanley Medical College Hospital, Madras Christian College in Chennai and MIT in Chromepet near Chennai. According to a report on Times of India, 27 students of Stanley Medical College Hospital tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. …

Bihar villager claims to have got 12 COVID jabs, probe ordered
2 years, 11 months ago

Bihar villager claims to have got 12 COVID jabs, probe ordered

India TV News  

An 84-year-old man in this north Bihar district has caused a flutter with the claim that he has taken a dozen shots of the COVID-19 vaccine since every jab made him "feel better". "I have used my Aadhar card and my voter ID card on different occasions to get myself registered," said Mandal who is a retired postal department employee. …

160 doctors across Delhi test positive for Covid-19
2 years, 11 months ago

160 doctors across Delhi test positive for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

At least 160 junior doctors across five Covid-19 hospitals in the national capital have either tested positive for Covid-19 or are suspected to have been infected over the last few days, the administration of these hospitals confirmed on Tuesday. At least 65 junior doctors tested positive for Covid at All India Institute of Medical Sciences over the last few days …

17 girls at Chhattisgarh school test positive; reports of 476 students awaited
2 years, 11 months ago

17 girls at Chhattisgarh school test positive; reports of 476 students awaited

Hindustan Times  

At least 17 girls of Classes VIII and X of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Bhupdevpur in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday. Raigarh Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. S. N. Keshari said the 17 girls have been shifted from the hostel to a guesthouse and the entire school has been declared as …

Himachal Pradesh: 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19
3 years ago

Himachal Pradesh: 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19

India TV News  

Highlights 23 students at Bilaspur school test positive for Covid-19 With this, the total number of active cases in Bilaspur district rose to 30 The sample of 70 students of primary school has also been taken, reports awaited At least 23 students of a school in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district have tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Covid-19 samples …

Jharkhand: 60 Covid positive cases in two days raises concerns
3 years ago

Jharkhand: 60 Covid positive cases in two days raises concerns

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand has reported 60 new cases of Covid-19 in the past two days, as per the health bulleting issued by the state government. While the state reported 35 positive cases on Saturday, 25 cases were reported on Sunday, taking the total active cases in the state back in three digits at 127. Ranchi civil surgeon Dr Vinod Kumar said the …

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar
3 years ago

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: In an alarming development, 48 medical college students at the Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Karimnagar were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, in what is being billed as the single biggest outbreak of the disease in a medical college in Telangana state. District medical and health officer Dr Juveria told told this newspaper …

25 school students test COVID-19 positive in Odisha
3 years ago

25 school students test COVID-19 positive in Odisha

India TV News  

Highlights 25 students of a school in Odisha's Chamakpur district were found COVID-19 positive. At least 25 girl students of a school in Odisha's Chamakpur district have tested Covid-19 positive. Earlier on Tuesday, at least 53 girl students of a school in Odisha's Sundargarh district were found Covid-19 positive while 31 students of a government medical college in the state …

26 students test positive for Covid-19 at residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
3 years ago

26 students test positive for Covid-19 at residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj

India Today  

As many as 26 students of Chamakpur Tribal Residential Girls’ School in Thakurmunda in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the district administration. The school premises is being sanitised twice daily after 26 students tested positive for coronavirus. Some of the students showed symptoms of cold and cough and reportedly fell ill on Thursday, following which …

14 Students of Punjab's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Test Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 1 month ago

14 Students of Punjab's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Test Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Recently, 14 students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Waring Khera village in Punjab’s Muktsar district tested positive for the Covid-19. A few days back, 29 students of a government-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana’s Khammam district tested COVID-19 positive. Read| Maharashtra Health Dept Gives Nod to Reopening Schools But Not Before Vaccinating Kids Alarmed by …

34 Medical Students from Odisha Test Covid-19 Positive, Physical Classes Suspended for 10 Days
3 years, 1 month ago

34 Medical Students from Odisha Test Covid-19 Positive, Physical Classes Suspended for 10 Days

News 18  

At least 34 MBBS students of VIMSAR, a medical institute, and hospital in Odisha’s Sambalpur, have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past few days, an official said on Wednesday. Physical classes have been suspended for 10 days from Tuesday, the official said, adding that lessons would be imparted online. Read| NEET 2021 Had Translation Error in a Physics Question, …

14 students test Covid positive in Punjab's Waring Khera, school shut for 2 weeks
3 years, 1 month ago

14 students test Covid positive in Punjab's Waring Khera, school shut for 2 weeks

India Today  

The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Waring Khera village in Punjab’s Muktsar district has been shut down after 14 students tested positive for Covid-19. Schools in Punjab reopened for all classes from August 2 this year after the state relaxed Covid-19 restrictions because of the declining number of cases. School administration was asked to maintain a mandatory six-feet social distancing inside …

12 students of Jaipur private school test positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

12 students of Jaipur private school test positive for Covid

India TV News  

Highlights 12 students of Jaishree Periwal International School tested positive for the coronavirus. As many as 12 students of a private school have tested positive for Covid-19 here on Tuesday, triggering worries among the parents. On Tuesday, 12 students of Jaishree Periwal International School tested positive for the virus. A school official said that a student who had come from …

53 School Girls, 22 MBBS Students Test Positive for Covid-19 in Odisha
3 years, 1 month ago

53 School Girls, 22 MBBS Students Test Positive for Covid-19 in Odisha

News 18  

Fifty-three girl pupils of a government-aided high school in Odisha’s Sundargarh district and 22 MBBS students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Burla in Sambalpur tested positive for COVID-19 in the last three days, a health official said. The state’s coronavirus tally rose to 10,47,386 on Tuesday as 212 more people, including 70 children, tested positive …

Avoid offline classes if having flu-like symptoms: Odisha official after Covid outbreaks
3 years, 1 month ago

Avoid offline classes if having flu-like symptoms: Odisha official after Covid outbreaks

India Today  

As many as 53 students of a government-aided school and another 29 students of a medical college in Odisha have tested positive for Covid-19. READ: More weddings this season, fewer precautions, Covid risk rises: Survey Girl student first showed symptoms on Nov 19 Talking about the Covid outbreak in the school in Sundargarh, District Education Officer AK Pradhan told the …

Panic grips Wyra school as 28 students test Covid-19 positive
3 years, 1 month ago

Panic grips Wyra school as 28 students test Covid-19 positive

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Panic gripped parents, teachers and students of Gurukul School in Wyra as 28 children tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. The medical and health officials alerted school authorities to take immediate measures to prevent further spread of Covid-19. The district administration alerted all the officials of schools and hostels on the virus and directed the headmasters and principals to …

Bihar: 6 out of 16 test Covid positive in Patna
3 years, 1 month ago

Bihar: 6 out of 16 test Covid positive in Patna

India Today  

As the country basks in the glory of achieving the milestone of administering 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses fastest in the world, fresh covid cases continue to be reported from various regions proving the job to be far from over. On Thursday, Bihar reported 16 new COVID cases, six out of which were from Patna, four from Buxar and one …

Education union worried about high Covid infections in primary schools
3 years, 1 month ago

Education union worried about high Covid infections in primary schools

NL Times  

Education union AOb is very concerned about the high number of coronavirus infections in primary education. Figures requested from public health institute RIVM show that 21 percent of primary school staff contracted Covid-19 in the past 18 months - much higher than the about 13 percent average among Dutch adults aged 18 to 69, the union said, NOS reports. After …

Bengaluru: Residential school sealed after 60 students test COVID-19 positive
3 years, 2 months ago

Bengaluru: Residential school sealed after 60 students test COVID-19 positive

India TV News  

A residential college on the city outskirts has been shut after 60 students tested positive for the COVID-19. The results of the remaining are yet to come," District Health Officer of Bengaluru Urban district, G Srinivas told PTI on Wednesday. A majority of students of the college located at Anekal who have tested positive are from Karnataka and the rest …

Several Students Test Positive Covid-19 in HP's Kinnaur As Schools Reopen
3 years, 2 months ago

Several Students Test Positive Covid-19 in HP's Kinnaur As Schools Reopen

News 18  

In a boarding school in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh 13 students have been found positive for Covid-19 as the schools have been reopened for higher classes. According to information, on Monday, the health department had collected 131 samples for Covid-19 test and 13 samples were found positive. Recently 79 children in a boarding school of Dharampur in Mandi district …

12 school students test positive for COVID-19 across State
3 years, 3 months ago

12 school students test positive for COVID-19 across State

The Hindu  

A total of 12 school students have tested positive for COVID-19 across Tamil Nadu. The affected students included three Class IX boys from the Government High School, Sulthanpet; a Class XI girl from the Government Higher Secondary School, Arasur; two Class XII girls from the Municipal Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Pollachi; a Class XII girl from the Government Higher Secondary …

In separate cases, Class 10 student, teacher test Covid positive in Tamil Nadu after schools reopened
3 years, 3 months ago

In separate cases, Class 10 student, teacher test Covid positive in Tamil Nadu after schools reopened

India Today  

Three students and one teacher have tested positive for Covid-19 in three districts of Tamil Nadu -- Namakkal, Cuddalore and Ariyalur -- since the reopening of schools in the state. Another case of Covid-19 was reported from the Cuddalore district where a government school teacher tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Ariyalur district collector said two students, who studied at …

65 nursing students from Kerala test Covid-19 positive in a college in Kolar, Karnataka
3 years, 3 months ago

65 nursing students from Kerala test Covid-19 positive in a college in Kolar, Karnataka

Op India  

People travelling from Kerala, the epicentre of Covid-19 in the country, have now become a source of a fresh wave of infections across several states, especially the neighbouring states such as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. According to the reports, as many as 65 students from Kerala have tested positive for Covid-19 in a nursing college in Kolar, Karnataka, creating panic …

COVID-19: Notices to 3 educational institutions
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19: Notices to 3 educational institutions

The Hindu  

Responding to notice served by Dakshina Kannada district administration, three educational institutions in the district have said that they will henceforth strictly comply with the standard operating procedures laid down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Group of Institutions in Sullia taluk after an inspection by health officials when students, who are in quarantine after their return from Kerala and …

Nearly 242 Children in Bengaluru Tested Positive for Covid in 5 days, Officials Fear Number May Rise
3 years, 4 months ago

Nearly 242 Children in Bengaluru Tested Positive for Covid in 5 days, Officials Fear Number May Rise

News 18  

At least 242 children tested positive for Covid-19 in five days in Bengaluru as Karnataka reported 1,338 new cases and 31 deaths on Tuesday, according to the government data, bringing back focus on the earlier prediction that the third wave could affect children. The Bengaluru civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, said 242 children below the age of 19 tested …

Raging Virus Spreads Like Wildfire In Karnataka's Hassan As 100 Students Test Positive
3 years, 4 months ago

Raging Virus Spreads Like Wildfire In Karnataka's Hassan As 100 Students Test Positive

ABP News  

Hassan: According to an ABP Live report, 38 students, who returned from Kerala have tested positive in Karnataka's Hassan district and after this jolt, the authorities conducted tested among nearly 900 other students, whose reports came as a shocker. Of the 900 students, 100 tested positive for the deadly virus, confirmed Hassan Taluk Health Officer, Dr. Vijay, according to ANI. …

21 nursing students from Kerala test Covid-positive in Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

21 nursing students from Kerala test Covid-positive in Karnataka

India Today  

Twenty-one nursing students who came in from Kerala tested Covid-positive in Karnataka's Hassan district on Thursday. The students were in a lodge along with their primary contacts and it has been sealed by the district administration. Primary contacts traced Another 24 students have been traced as primary contacts and are being monitored. Read: 6 children found Covid-positive in Fatehabad after …

Coronavirus Live: '40 Crore Indians Still Vulnerable To Covid Infection', Says Govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Live: '40 Crore Indians Still Vulnerable To Covid Infection', Says Govt

ABP News  

Coronavirus LIVE Tuesday, July 20: Though the Jharkhand government is yet to take a final call on organising the Shravani Mela in Deoghar, sources have indicated that this year also the annual festival will not be organised in the famous Baba Baidyanath Mandir in Deoghar owing to the COvid-19 pandemic. For the first time since the pandemics second wave began …

India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again
3 years, 5 months ago

India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again

Firstpost  

The Wuhan university student, who hails from Kerala’s Thrissur district, had tested positive for coronavirus in January last year Thrissur: A woman medico, who was India’s first COVID-19 case, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said in Thrissur on Tuesday. She is asymptomatic,” Thrissur DMO Dr KJ Reena told PTI. It was on 30 January, 2020 that …

11 Kids Test Positive for Covid-19 at Children's Home in Tezpur
3 years, 5 months ago

11 Kids Test Positive for Covid-19 at Children's Home in Tezpur

News 18  

Eleven kids at a childrens home in Assams Sonitpur district have tested positive for COVID- 19, an official said on Monday. Earlier, three children of the same facility had tested positive for COVID-19, the district's Joint Director of Health J Ahmed said. Meanwhile, Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights member Rupa Hazarika visited TMCH and enquired about the …

Jharkhand reports no new Covid-19 deaths, cases tally reaches 344,543
3 years, 6 months ago

Jharkhand reports no new Covid-19 deaths, cases tally reaches 344,543

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand has not reported any single-day Covid-19 fatality, while 138 fresh cases raised the tally to 3,44,543, a health department bulletin said on Monday. No fresh cases were reported in four of Jharkhand's 24 districts - Godda, Latehar, Pakur and Saraikela. No fresh cases were reported in four of Jharkhand's 24 districts - Godda, Latehar, Pakur and Saraikela, the bulletin …

Jharkhand reports 293 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths in last 24 hours
3 years, 6 months ago

Jharkhand reports 293 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths in last 24 hours

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 3,42,774 on Friday as 293 more people tested positive for the infection, while five fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 5,081, a health bulletin said. No fresh case was reported in Pakur, while 19 of the 24 districts in the tribal-dominated state did not register any fresh fatality, the bulletin said. The …

A single district in Maharashtra saw 8000 Covid cases in May among children: Reports
3 years, 6 months ago

A single district in Maharashtra saw 8000 Covid cases in May among children: Reports

Op India  

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has apprehended the citizens of Maharashtra in yet another lockdown. While still trying to battle the second wave, around 8000 children in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar were found Covid-19 positive in the month of May. In a 51 per cent rise in positive cases among children in just a month, over 75,000 children were infected …

Over 9,900 kids test Covid positive in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, officials say figure not alarming
3 years, 6 months ago

Over 9,900 kids test Covid positive in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, officials say figure not alarming

India Today  

As the second wave of Covid-19 swept across India in May, one district from Maharashtra had a significant statistic to report -- over 9,900 children tested positive for Covid-19 in the state's Ahmednagar district last month. According to District Collector Rajendra Bhosale, 9,928 children tested Covid-19 positive in Ahmednagar in May. READ | Covid-19 in children: Here's how to identify …

10k Children, Teens Tested Positive for Covid in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar in May, 97% Were Asymptomatic
3 years, 6 months ago

10k Children, Teens Tested Positive for Covid in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar in May, 97% Were Asymptomatic

News 18  

Almost 10,000 children and teenagers tested positive for Covid-19 in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district in May, of which over 96 to 97% remained asymptomatic. However, Sachin Solat, a member of Ahmednagar’s Covid task force, said there was nothing alarming in the high number of children and teenagers testing positive. Maharashtra on Monday reported 15,077 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest since March …

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