MUMBAI:
Maharashtra water resources minister and state NCP chief
Jayant Patil on Thursday said he has tested positive for coronavirus.
In a post on Twitter, Patil announced, "I have tested
Covid positive. Whilst I am doing fine, I am taking appropriate medical advice and hope to recover soon. I shall be undertaking my duties via video-conference,” he tweeted.
Patil has appealed to all those who came in contact with him recently to be observant and self-isolate.
Earlier this month, state ministers
Anil Deshmukh,
Satej Patil and Rajendra Shingne also tested positive for the coronavirus infection. Deshmukh was discharged from a hospital in Nagpur, where he was undergoing treatment, on February 15. So far over 20 ministers of the Maharashtra government have tested positive since the outbreak of the pandemic in March last year, all of them have recovered and resumed work.
NCP leader
Eknath Khadse and his daughter-in-law and MP Raksha Khadse too posted on social media that they have tested positive for Covid-19.