Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases reported in some parts of India, around 12 people have tested positive for the virus at IIT Madras.
Reports said health secretary J Radhakrishnan will inspect the campus to direct officials to sanitise the locality and follow safety Covid-19 safety norms.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday recorded 27 new COVID-19 infections, including those of four returnees from Canada, and pushed the tally to 34,53,351 so far, the Health Department said.
The overall death toll remained unchanged at 38,025 with zero fatalities getting recorded in the last 24 hours, a bulletin said.