BJP legislator from Thane district tests positive for Covid-19
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A BJP legislator from Thane district of Maharashtra has tested positive for coronavirus infection, a civic health official here said on Saturday.
The 40-year-old legislator had tested positive for the disease couple of days ago and is presently undergoing treatment at a hospital in neighbouring Mumbai, the official said.
The health department personnel are in the process of tracing the high-risk contacts of the BJP leader and will be quarantining them, he added.
Maharashtra has so far recorded 1,52,765 cases of COVID-19 and 7,106 deaths.