Palanpur: Forty persons including 39 students staying in a hostel and a 50-year-old woman tested positive for Covid-19 in Sabarkantha district on Saturday.
The students were living in a hostel run by Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust which has its campus in Rajendranagar village of Sabarkantha district.
Of the 39, 17 are students of Gadhda Kampa High School while 22 others are students of a primary school in nearby Meghasan village. Both the schools have closed down with immediate effect. Those who have tested positive include 22 boys and 19 girls.
The samples of the students were collected during mass sampling drive after a hostel warden tested positive two days ago.
“Most of those who have tested positive are without symptoms and have been taken home by their parents. Some of them are admitted in a hospital,” said Sabarkantha epidemic medical officer (EMO) Chirag Modi.
“We came to know about it on Sunday morning. We sent three teams to begin treatment of the patients,” he said.
Rajendranagar falls on the border of Aravalli district. Of the 39 students, 35 are from different areas of Aravalli district, four are from Sabarkantha district.
“The 50-year-old female who was also living in the same campus is currently under isolation,” said Modi, adding that condition of all the 40 is stable.