Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy CM has tested positive for Covid 19 and is under home quarantine.

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Coronavirus: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has tested positive for Coronavirus. According to reports, he has mild symptoms and has been quarantined at his home in Mumbai. On Wednesday, Shivajirao Garje, general secretary of NCP-Maharashtra tweeted that Ajit Pawar would not be able to attend today’s meeting at the party office. He did not specify the reason for his absence. Last week, Pawar was among senior party leaders who visited flood-affected parts of western Maharashtra to supervise relief and rescue work. In Solapur district, he announced that farmers hit by the crisis will be compensated. “No farmer will be left out,” he said while directing revenue authorities to complete the work of damage assessment on an urgent basis. India reported 55,838 coronavirus cases and 702 deaths in the last 24 hours ending 8 am. With this, the total number of infections rose to 77,06,946 while the fatalities surged to 1,16,616. At present, India has 7,15,812 active cases after a decrease of 24,278 in the last 24 hours. As many as 68,74,518 people have been recovered with 79,415 new discharges in the last hours.