So far, 210 samples have returned positive from the 6,344 and 3,733 are negative. Whereas 2,361 samples are being processed and results are awaited.

The Chennai Corporation has lifted 6,344 samples from students in colleges and hostels within city limits following the cluster of Covid-19 cases in the IIT-Madras and the nearby Anna University campus.

So far, 210 samples have returned positive from the 6,344 and 3,733 are negative. Whereas, 2,361 samples are being processed and their results are awaited.

Samples have been collected from across the 15 zones that are under the control of the Chennai civic body.

At last count, 191 persons at IIT-Madras were tested positive and six students had tested positive at the Anna University.

The emerging clusters in higher educational institutions and hostels come at a time when many states are contemplating the resumption of high schools and colleges in the conventional model.