As many as 85 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Nainital's Gangarkote tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.

Deputy Collector, Rahul Sah said, "Initially, 11 students tested positive along the school staff was found Covid-19 infected. Following that Uttarakhand Health Department set up a testing camp and took 496 samples in which 85 children were found to be Covid-19 positive." "After the coronavirus cases came to light, the school was transformed into a micro-containment zone on the instructions of the Deputy Collector, Rahul Sah", said an official.