Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Aditya Thackeray on Saturday tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray's son took to Twitter and made the annoucement.
Aditya also informed that he has tested positive with mild Covid-19 symptoms and urged everyone who came in contact with me to get themselves tested.
"On having mild symptoms of COVID, I had myself tested and I am COVID positive. I request everyone who came in contact with me to get themselves tested. I urge everyone to realise that it is extremely important to not let your guard down. Please follow COVID protocols & stay safe," he tweeted.
Aditya tested positive for the deadly contagion as Maharashtra ranks among top in the list of eight states that are showing a rising trajectory in daily number of positive Covid-19 cases.
Maharashtra alone accounts for more than 50 per cent of active cases in the country. State's overall Covid-19 caseload surged past 24 lakh mark on Friday with Mumbai crossing the daily count of 3,000-plus Covid-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic hit the country.
Adding 25,681 new cases - compared with highest 25,833 new patients on Thursday, the state tally as of March 19 stands at 24,22,021.
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Similarly, Mumbai added another 3,063 new cases and the city total jumped to 355,914, sending shockwaves among the civic health authorities.
The state death rate was 2.20 percent, the recovery rate stood at 90.42 percent, with the number of active cases, jumping to 177,560 now, with the highest figure of patients in Pune, Mumbai and Thane, respectively.