Thiruvananthapuram: Covid cases has increased steadily in the last 24 hours in the state capital with 18 new Covid-19 clusters identified in various parts of the district. Among this, 12 clusters are in various colleges in the district.

339 cases were identified on Thursday in the district with 84 cases in engineering college, 71 cases in Pharmacy college, and 25 cases in NCC camp in Karavaram.

Meantime, The College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) has been closed down after several cases of Covid-19 were reported on Thursday. Further, 20 employees of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology are also tested positive, indicating the rise of covid clusters in the district.

The state government will decide on whether to close the schools in the wake of the increasing Covid-19 cases on Friday. Minister V Sivankutty on Thursday said that the state would take a relook at the functioning of the schools after meeting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.