THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as Covid cases due to contacts are on the rise in Thiruvananthapuram district, some patients and bystanders in the Medical College here, tested positive for the disease.

This follows the incident of some Medical College doctors and health workers getting diseased due to Covid recently. In the hospital, 14 patients and ten bystanders turned positive for Covid. The other day, the situation was very bad in Medical College as 20 health workers including 20 doctors got diseased.

150 persons have gone under observation.

The health department has informed that stringent restrictions have been imposed on the hospital in the wake of Covid spread in the hospital.