In Himachal Pradesh, 19 students have been found covid positive at National Institute of technology (NIT) in Hamirpur district following which authorities have asked the students to vacate hostel in order to contain further infection. Six students had been found positive on Wednesday; thirteen more were detected positive yesterday which created a scare in the entire campus. The NIT director Prof Lalit Awasthy said that those students who are from faraway places could stay in the campus and for others; instructions had been issued for vacating the hostels.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Debasweta Banik said that instructions have been issued to the health department to do mass testing of the students and other living in campus.</span><br />