Gujarat: 11 more people test positive for Covid at IIM-A; tally reaches 81

Eleven more people from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad have tested positive for coronavirus, pushing the number of infections at the leading business school to 81 in the past two weeks, the IIMA said on Thursday.

Of the 98 people tested by health teams on Tuesday, 11 reports came out positive for the coronavirus, the institute said in a press release.

According to the IIMA dashboard, from December 31, 2021 to January 11, 2022, a total of 81 people, including 11, have been found to be infected with the coronavirus.

These include students, teachers, employees, contract staff, community members and others, it said.

“All those who have tested positive at the IIMA are on their way to recovery with no serious cases. Currently, about 95 percent are asymptomatic and 5 percent of those who are symptomatic have no symptoms after 3-4 days of medical care,” the IIMA said. in a statement.

Of the 81 found infected since late December, 67 are still active, including 34 students, six teachers and 27 others, according to the institute's COVID-19 dashboard.

Since September 2020, a total of 543 people, including 214 students, have tested positive for coronavirus at IIMA and 476 of them have recovered, it said.