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Patna-IIT becomes Covid hotspot, 18 students test positive
The second wave of Covid-19 is spreading at a rapid pace in Bihar with the state reporting 935 new cases across 38 districts in the last 24 hours. Of these, the state capital alone reported 432 cases, including 18 students testing positive at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, located on the outskirts of the city in the Bihta sub-town.
Confirming the development, the registrar of IIT Patna said that two students returned to the campus after the Holi holidays on Sunday and tested positive for the virus. As per the Covid protocols, we conducted RT-PCR test on those two students and their reports returned positive. Following that, we conducted 41 more tests on students staying in the hostel where the duo stayed. Of these, 16 reports returned positive on Tuesday, the registrar said.
Bihar COVID news: 18 students of IIT-Patna test positive
The registrar of IIT Patna said that two students returned to the campus after the Holi holidays on Sunday and tested positive for the virus. Representative photos
Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 05:04 PM IST
As many as 18 students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, located on the outskirts of the city in the Bihta sub-town, tested positive for COVID-19 even as the second wave is spreading at a rapid pace in Bihar with the state reporting 935 new cases across 38 districts in the last 24 hours. Patna alone accounted for 432 cases.
The registrar of IIT Patna said that two students returned to the campus after the Holi holidays on Sunday and tested positive for the virus.
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