29 school students test positive for COVID-19 in West Bengal’s Nadia district

29 school students in West Bengal’s Nadia district have tested positive for COVID-19, officials informed on Thursday (December 23, 2021).

As per the latest reports, 13 male and 16 female students of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Kalyani have contracted the virus. The students are currently under home isolation and the district authorities are monitoring their situation.

Earlier on Wednesday, West Bengal’s COVID-19 tally rose to 16,28,464 after 534 fresh cases were recorded. The state currently has over 7,400 active coronavirus cases, while 16,01,326 people have recovered from the disease so far.

The state’s coronavirus death toll rose to 19,696 as eight more patients succumbed to the infection. Kolkata and its neighbouring North 24 Parganas district reported three fresh fatalities each, while Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman registered one death each.

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