22 more students test positive in Karnal

Tribune News Service

Karnal, March 4

As many as 22 students and one teacher from different schools in Karnal district tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the number of the active cases in the district to 260.

Karnal reported 60 cases on Thursday. Apart from these students, five employees of the district court, eight from two banks also tested positive. Earlier, this week, 57 students of Sainik School Kunjpura had tested positive for the virus.

Civil Surgeon Dr Yogesh Sharma said so far they had collected samples of 2,25,623 students, of them 11,616 had tested positive. Till date, 155 patients have died due to this virus in the district.

He said most of the cases detected on Thursday were asymptomatic. Health of all positive persons was being monitored.