At least 13 students of an engineering college in Pune city of Maharashtra have tested positive for coronavirus, an official from the institution said.

All these students, currently in the third year of the engineering course, are "largely asymptomatic" and isolated at home, said Prashant Dave, registrar of the MIT World Peace University, to which the institution is affiliated. "As we follow strict measures, we screen our students at the main gate (of the institution).