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Here is a list of Indian Ministers who have tested positive for coronavirus
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 2 said he has tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to a hospital following advice of doctors, the first Indian Cabinet minister to fall victim to the pandemic. Credit: PTI Photo
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 2 said he has tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to a hospital following advice of doctors, the first Indian Cabinet minister to fall victim to the pandemic. Credit: PTI Photo
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on August 2 said he has tested positive for Covid-19. Credit: PTI Photo
Karti Chidambaram, Congress MP and son of former union minister P Chidambaram, tested positive for coronavirus on August 3.
Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit tested positive for coronavirus on August 2 and was advised home isolation since his infection was mild, a hospital treating him said. Credit: PTI Photo
Kamal Rani Varun, the only woman cabinet minister in the state, died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Lucknow on August 2. She was 62. The Technical Education minister, who tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18, breathed her last at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPIMS).
The chief of Uttar Pradesh’s BJP unit, Swatantra Dev Singh tested positive for Covid-19 and quarantined himself at his home following doctors' advice. Singh made public this information on August 2 in a tweet in Hindi. Credit: PTI Photo
Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti Minister also tested positive for coronavirus, following the BJP state chief, on August. Credit: Twitter/@bjpdrmahendra
Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil on August 1 said he and his wife have been under home quarantine after they were tested positive for coronavirus.
Karnataka Minister for Tourism, Kannada and Culture C T Ravi, who is also Chikkamagaluru District-in-Charge Minister of Chikkamagaluru, joined the list of high-profile politicians who have tested positive for Covid-19 on July 13. Credit: DH Photo
Karnataka Forest Minister Anand Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 on July 26.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had tested positive on July 29 and was admitted to a Covid-19 designated private hospital in Bhopal. Credit: PTI Photo
West Bengal's Trinamool MLA Tamonash Ghosh, 60, had passed away on June 24 due to the coronavirus.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on June 17 tested positive for Covid-19, a day after similar tests had reported that he did not have the virus infection. His health improved with time and by June 26 he recovered from the virus.
DMK MLA J Anbazhagan, one of the key strategists of the party in Chennai and a close confidant of M K Stalin, passed away at a private hospital here on June 10 after battling Covid-19 for the eight days. Credit: Twitter/JAnbazhagan
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh is in home isolation after he tested positive for coronavirus on July 24.Credit: Twitter/@BJP4India
Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Minister Tulsi Silawat and his wife have tested coronavirus positive. The information was shared by the minister himself on his Twitter handle on July 29. Credit: Twitter/@tulsi_silawat