As many as 70 people including students at Jawahar Navodaya School at Seegodu near Balehonnur in Chikkamagaluru district tested positive for COVID-19 infection on December 5.
Total number of infected people at Navodaya Residential School has increased to 70. Among them 63 are students.
The infected people have been isolated in the residential school. All are said to be asymptomatic. The district administration has ordered for seal down of the residential school.