Bhubaneswar, Jan. 6 -- As many 53 more students of a school at Sargipali in Sundargarh district have tested positive for Covid-19, informed the authorities on Wednesday evening.

With this, the number of Covid positive patients at the school rose to 89. All the positive students have been kept in isolation in the hostel.Swab samples of 83 students were sent for the RT-PCR test on Tuesday. Out of which, a total of 53 were found to be positive. The number of positive patients in the school might rise, said the school authorities.

The district administration has stepped up contact tracing and will collect the swab samples of the left out students and staff of the school.

Initially, 10 students of the school showed mild symptoms and followi...