Sambalpur: As many as 25 students of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla town of Sambalpur district have tested positive for COVID-19, an official source informed Saturday.
According to the source, 24 VSSUT students tested positive for the deadly virus Friday and one student tested positive Saturday morning. The COVID-19 situation in VSSUT has triggered panic among students as well as staff members here.
Sambalpur collector Shubham Saxena asked sub-collector and other senior administrative officials in the morning to review the situation at VSSUT hostels.
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Notably, 84 new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported from different parts of the state in the last 24 hours. Sundargarh district reported a maximum of 10 new COVID-19 cases, followed by nine cases each in Sambalpur and Khurda districts. Likewise, Balasore reported seven new cases, Bolangir six and Cuttack five respectively.
PNN