Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said he has tested positive for Covid-19. Pawar said he has been admitted to a hospital on the advice of doctors. In a message, Pawar reassured his supporters that he is doing fine. "I have tested positive for COVID-19. My health condition is fine. As a precautionary measure I have admitted self to Breach Candy Hospital on the advice of doctors," the NCP leader tweeted.
On Thursday, Pawar tested negative for coronavirus but was in home quarantine as a precautionary measure.
In the last few months, over a dozen Maharashtra ministers have tested positive for Covid-19 including Jitendra Awhad, Ashok Chavan, Dhananjay Munde, Varsha Gaikwad, Eknath Shinde and Nitin Raut.
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Other state ministers such as Hasan Mushrif, Sunil Kedar, Balasaheb Patil, Aslam Shaikh, Bacchu Kadu, Abdul Sattar, Sanjay Bansode and Vishwajeet Kadam had also contracted virus earlier.
