Jharkhand: 148 students in four girls' schools test Covid-19 positive

After nearly 150 students of four residential girls' schools in Jharkhand were found Covid-19 positive, all infected students were isolated as per Coronavirus protocol and the school premises were completely sanitised. India has logged 7,533 new Covid cases and 44 deaths in the last 24 hours.

As per officials, as many as one-hundred and forty-eight students in four girls' residential schools in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district have tested positive for COVID-19. All the students were isolated as per Coronavirus protocol and the school premises were completely sanitised.

Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav directed to carry out COVID-19 test in all Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) schools in the district after 69 students tested positive for the virus on Monday, the official said, as reported by Indian Express.

Led by Civil Surgeon Dr Jujhar Majhi doctors carried out COVID-19 testing in three other KGBV schools in Dumaria, Potka and Jamshedpur blocks of the district and detected 79 more students inflicted with the virus.

The deputy commissioner also directed health officials to conduct COVID-19 tests in railway stations, bus stands, schools and colleges to contain the spread of the virus in view of increasing coronavirus cases.

As per Union Health Ministry data, India recorded 7,533 new coronavirus cases today, increasing the total count to 4.49 crore, while the active cases decreased to 53,852. The death toll has increased to 5,31,468 with 44 deaths, which included 16 fatalities reconciled by Kerala.

According to the ministry's website, a total of 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive. 

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