The number of COVID-19 infections identified at Vellore Institute of Technology, Kelambakkam campus, will increase for the next two days, as all the students are being tested, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has said.
The campus has around 15,000 students, of whom 5,600 are first-year students. Almost 80% are from north Indian States.
“So far, 4,092 RT-PCR tests have been done. Another 1,500 students are yet to be tested. We will complete the testing by tomorrow. We expect another 30-40 cases to be identified tomorrow. Till date, 163 persons have tested positive for the infection,” he said at a press meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of a function to distribute assistance to persons with filariasis.
