NIT-C, IIM-K among ten COVID clusters in Kozhikode
The Hindu
1,648 fresh cases in district; test positivity rate at 27.74%
Ten COVID-19 clusters, including major ones at the National Institute of Technology (NIT-C), the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-K), and a private institution at Kattippara, have been reported in Kozhikode district till Saturday.
Meanwhile, 12 persons were reported to have the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 here, of whom eight got it through contact.
According to senior Health Department officials, over 100 persons have been found to be infected at these three institutions, which are shut now. Seventy persons contracted the infection at IIM-K, an official said. The students at the IIM and the NIT have been quarantined at the hostels.
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