In the latest scare amid the falling coronavirus numbers, thirty-two students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, have tested positive for the virus.

22 boys and 10 girls, all students of classes between 9 to 12, are being treated at the district hospital, NDTV reported.

The majority of the students are asymptomatic, with 10 students showing some symptoms. A staff member of the school has also tested positive and remains symptomatic.

“Their condition is improving; there is nothing to worry about. The entire campus has been sanitised and other precautionary measures are being taken. The interaction between students and teachers is going on though it has affected the smooth functioning of the school," The school’s Principal, Pankajashan, was quoted as saying in the NDTV report.

All 270 of the total students in the school have now been made to undergo the covid test.