COVID-19: 67 including 31 students of IIM Ahmedabad tested positive for coronavirus

AHMEDABAD: Amid a sharp surge in COVID-19 cases, 67 people, including 31 students, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) tested positive for coronavirus over the last ten days in addition to seven people who were found infected on Monday.

As per the IIM-A's dashboard, which displays the number of tests conducted and the number of positive cases per day, the samples of all seven returned positive on Monday. During the last ten days, a total of 892 COVID-19 tests covering the institute's faculty members, students, staff, community members and contractual staff were conducted, of which 67 tested positive, as per the dashboard.

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Of the total 67 active cases in the IIM-A campus, 31 are students, eight faculty members, two on-campus, and eight off-campus staff members, and 18 community members.

Since September 2020, a total of 532 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the IIM-A campus, of which 465 have recovered. The dashboard was set up on September 1, 2020. A large number of cases are of students. Since September 2020, 9,171 tests have been conducted at IIM-A, as per the dashboard.