CHENNAI: Nine students in various hostels of IIT-Madras tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the fresh cluster tally on the campus to 12 over the past three days. With this, fresh cases in Tamil Nadu touched 39 on Thursday, up from 31 on Wednesday.
Students who tested positive are now in the isolation unit of IIT in Taramani, health secretary J Radhakrishnan said. "They have a mild form of the infection. All these students have taken the vaccine. We have kept wards at the Government Corona Hospital in Guindy ready; doctors say these students don't need hospitalisation," he said. IIT-M said the situation is under control.
