Surat Cases Inch To 2,000, 65 Students Infected | Surat News – Times of India

Surat: Covid-19 cases in the Diamond City inched close to 2,000 on Tuesday with 1,988 people testing positive for the virus.
Among the positive cases, 65 students and teachers were found infected in different schools. Of those tested positive, include three students and four teachers of Nalanda School which has been ordered to remain closed. Specific classrooms from which the students tested positive were ordered to remain closed in other schools. Total 846 persons were traced and tested who came in contact with those students and teachers tested positive.
Shyam Palace in Vesu area was declared a cluster zone after five people tested positive from the residential society. After nine persons tested positive from Patel Nagar in Navagam in Dindoli, the society was declared a cluster zone. Meanwhile, the Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) health department is gearing up to implement stricter restrictions which were announced on Tuesday.
Covid cases continued to surge in south Gujarat with 136 people testing positive in Valsad district.
Three patients have international travel history and they had returned from the US.

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