A total of 229 students of a public school hostel in Maharashtra’s Washim district have tested coronavirus positive, an official said on Thursday. Four school staffers have also tested positive, the official said, adding the area has been declared a containment zone. Amid a spurt in Covid-19 infections in Maharashtra, 229 cases have emerged from a single hostel in a school in the Washim district of the state. The school premises have reportedly been declared a containment zone.