Former President Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for COVID-19

Former President Pranab Mukherjee has tested positive for coronavirus. He shared the news on social media. The former President also urged people, who had met him in the past few days, to get themselves tested for the infection.

Pranab Mukherjee tweeted, “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19. #CitizenMukherjee.”

On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today.
I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19. #CitizenMukherjee

— Pranab Mukherjee (@CitiznMukherjee) August 10, 2020

Many political leaders have tested COVID-19 positive in recent times. From Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Vishvas Sarang, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, B. Sriramulu, Karnataka chief minister, agriculture minister BC Patil, Siddaramaiah, and Karti Chidambaram among others.

India has registered 62,064 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. Whereas the total recoveries crossed 15 lakh mark. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), 1,007 new deaths were reported in the country. This has taken the cumulative toll to 44,386. The country’s COVID-19 count has risen to 22,15,075 including 6,34,945 active cases.

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