In Mysuru district, there are 2,290 schools having students studying in Classes 6 to 10. A total of 956 government schools run classes from 6 to 8 and 232 schools have students studying in Class 9 and 10. In the schools, including aided and unaided, 1,68,495 students are in Class 6 to 9 and 40,110 students in Class 10. Many students lined up in front of Chikkagadiyara near Devaraja Market to give their swab samples for the RT-PCR test. Nearly 3,500-4,000 RT-PCR tests are being done at the MMCRI lab.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2020 14:09 UTC