Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor Tests Positive For COVID-19

Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to inform that he has tested positive after waiting for a test appointment and the results and said he is hoping to deal with it in a “positive” frame of mind.

Shashi Tharoor | PTI

New Delhi: Former union minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19. 

Tharoor took to Twitter to inform that he has tested positive after waiting for a test appointment and the results and said he is hoping to deal with it in a “positive” frame of mind.

 “After waiting two days for a test appointment and another day & a half for the results, I finally have confirmation: I’m #Covid positive. Hoping to deal with it in a “positive” frame of mind, with rest, steam & plenty of fluids. My sister& 85 year old mother are in the same boat,” he tweeted.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After waiting two days for a test appointment and another day &amp; a half for the results, I finally have confirmation: I’m <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Covid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Covid</a> positive. Hoping to deal with it in a “positive” frame of mind, with rest, steam &amp; plenty of fluids. My sister&amp; 85 year old mother are in the same boat.</p>&mdash; Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/status/1384874384247201794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>April 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 This comes as the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry earlier in the day said 2,95,041 new Covid-19 cases were registered in the last 24 hours. There are 21,57,000 active cases in India currently i.e. twice the number of maximum active cases last year.

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Ten states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan, report 76.32 percent of the new cases.