Chennai: As many as 22 employees of the Saravana Super Stores at Chromepet have tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
While there are 600 employees working at the shop, 210 were tested on Thursday. Out of this, 22 people tested positive.
Following this, the Chengalpet district administration shut the showroom.Ā Sources said as many as 210 employees of the store were tested as part of a random sampling conducted recently.
This comes after 81 students at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) at Chromepet recently tested positive for the virus.
Adding to the Covid-19 cluster at the MIT at Chromepet, 59 students and two staff of the institute have tested positive for the virus on Friday.
Most of them were asymptomatic, and will be allowed to go home if they are willing. Rest will be isolated on the hostel premises itself, officials said.