16 undertrials test positive for Covid-19 in Chamarajanagar

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Sixteen undertrials of Chamarajanagar district prison have tested positive for Covid-19. As all of them are asymptomatic, they are being treated at the Covid care centres.

There are 120 undertrials at the District Prisons in Chamarajanagar, and all of them had been subject to Covid tests twice before. However, the routine test conducted on Tuesday revealed that 16 of them were positive. As a precautionary measure, all the others were subject to test on Wednesday and results are awaited, according to sources.