Former President Pranab Mukherjee tests positive for COVID-19

Former President Pranab Mukherjee has tested postive for the novel coronavirus. "On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today," Pranab Mukherjee tweeted.

He also urged those who came in contact with him in recent times to get themselves tested.

"I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for COVID-19," the tweet read further.

A number of political leaders have been tested COVID positive in recent times. They include Union ministers Amit Shah, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Vishvas Sarang, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, B. Sriramulu,



Karnataka chief minister, agriculture minister BC Patil and Congress’ leader of the opposition, Siddaramaiah, and Karti Chidambaram among others.

Chouhan had tried positive for coronavirus on July 25 and remained hospitalized for 11 days before he was released on August 5. 

In the interim, India enrolled 62,064 new coronavirus cases over the most recent 24 hours while the all out recuperations crossed 15 lakh mark. As indicated by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), 1,007 new passings were accounted for in the nation and the combined cost arrived at 44,386. The nation's COVID-19 tally has ascended to 22,15,075 including 6,34,945 dynamic cases.