Karnataka Medical College Reports 30 Covid Cases, Samples Sent For Omicron Test
NDTV
None of those who tested positive in the cluster have a travel history. Samples of all positive patients have been sent for genome sequencing.
A medical college in Karnataka's Kollar has become a Covid cluster after 30 students tested positive in the last four days. The district administration has tested 1,160 students and staff members of the Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar for Covid. All infected students have been admitted to a hospital and are stable.
None of those who tested positive in the cluster have a travel history. Samples of all positive patients have been sent for genome sequencing.
The test positivity rate in Karnataka is 0.35%, with the state having reported 31 cases of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the virus. 15 of the Omicron cases have been discharged so far.
There are a total of 7,251 active cases of Covid in Karnataka.
