18 students test positive for Covid-19 in Navi Mumbai school
Eighteen students have tested positive for coronavirus at a school in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra after a student was found infected with the virus. Mass testing of the students is now being carried out and the number may go up. The father of the student who was initially found positive had recently returned from Qatar, following which the entire family was tested for Covid-19. Though the man tested negative his son was found infected with the virus. Since the boy had been attending school, several students were tested and 18 were found positive. Mass testing is on at the school and the number may go up. Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 902 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and eight infections of the new Omicron variant. The total number of infections due to the new variant of coronavirus has now gone up to 48 in the state, the health department said. Of these, six patients were from Pune, one was from Mumbai and another from Kalyan-Dombivli on the outskirts of Mumbai. All eight new Omic