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One more Karaikal medical college student tests positive for Covid

One more student of a medical college in Karaikal tested positive for Covid, raising the active cases to three in the Union Territory, a senior official of Department of Health said.

DTNEXT Bureau

Karaikal: Director of Health G Sriramulu on Thursday said that the student complained of fever and it was found during examination that she was infected. She was kept in home quarantine. Already, two students of the same college were found infected on Wednesday and were in home quarantine. The overall caseload has shot up to 1,65,777 in the Union Territory. The Director said the total recoveries remained at 1,63,812 and with there being no fresh fatality the death toll remained at 1,962. The Department of Health has tested 200 samples during last 24 hours.

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