12 school students test positive for COVID-19 across State

Five school teachers, including three from the same school, contract the infection in Tiruppur district

A total of 12 school students have tested positive for COVID-19 across Tamil Nadu. Within a week of the reopening of schools, eight students from Coimbatore district tested positive for the infection. This was confirmed by officials from the Department of School Education on Monday. The affected students included three Class IX boys from the Government High School, Sulthanpet; a Class XI girl from the Government Higher Secondary School, Arasur; two Class XII girls from the Municipal Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Pollachi; a Class XII girl from the Government Higher Secondary School, Puravipalayam; and a Class IX boy from a private school near Pollachi. All of them were asymptomatic and their health condition was stable, officials said.