New Delhi: At least thirteen students and two officials of St Stephen's College affiliated with Delhi University has tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, after a 'chapel trip' to Dalhousie.
Thirteen students have tested positive for coronavirus, after that the inner perimeter of the college is out of bounds for everyone. Along with that guidelines have been issued by the Dean's Office to take necessary precaution. Also, all other students in the hostel have been instructed to strictly follow social distancing, said Principal, John K Varghese.
According to the sources, a group of 40 students went on a trip to Dalhousie, out of which 25 of them were hostellers, who returned on March 31.
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India recorded 89,129 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since September 2020, taking the total tally to 1,23,92,260 on Saturday.
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The country has been recording an unabated spike in cases for over three weeks.
Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana are states of "grave concern"
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