PTI, quoting officials, on Sunday. Forty-four residents of Anwesha Hostel at Kotlaguda were found to be Covid-positive, said hostel matron Namita Samal. "All of them are asymptomatic and have been kept in isolation.
All precautionary measures are being taken by the authorities to prevent further spread of the virus," she said. Students of eight English-medium schools in the district live in the hostel.
In the Bisamkatak block, 20 students of Hatamuniguda Government High School were found to be Covid-positive. They lived in the school hostel.
District Collector Saroj Kumar Mishra confirmed that 64 cases were reported from the two hostels. "During random testing, samples of 64 students were found to be positive, but they don't have any symptoms.