Maharashtra minister tests positive for COVID-19

Friday, 12 June 2020Newsdesk

A Maharashtra cabinet minister, who belongs to the NCP, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources said on Friday. The minister, who hails from the Marathwada region, had attended the cabinet meeting held at the state secretariat here earlier this week, the sources said.

New Delhi, 12 June 2020

As per news report of PTI, he is the third cabinet member in Maharashtra to test positive for the viral infection."It came to light on late Thursday night that the minister has tested positive for the disease. He has been quarantined in Mumbai," the sources said. Apart from the minister, a few members of his personal staff, too, have tested positive for the disease and are being isolated, they said.

Source -ptinews.com