54 students of Karnal school hostel test positive for COVID-19

A total of 54 students of a school hostel tested positive for Covid-19 here on Tuesday following which the classes and other academic activities in the school were suspended, informed an official.

Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Civil Surgeon, Karnal told , "54 students of a school hostel have tested positive for COVID-19 in Karnal, Haryana. Our medical teams have reached the spot and the hostel is being marked as a containment zone."

In February, the Haryana government had decided to reopen schools in the state for students of classes 1 and 2 from March 1.

Schools in Haryana also resumed for the students of classes 3 to 5 from February 24.

Meanwhile, India reported 12,286 new cases in the last 24 hours.

India's total active caseload stands at 1.68 lakh (1,68,358) today. The country's present active caseload now consists of 1.51 per cent of India's total positive cases.

( With inputs from ANI )