Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut tests Covid-19 positive

Raut is the ninth minister in the MVA government to test positive for Covid-19.

Published on: Sep 18, 2020, 12:57:49 IST

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Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Friday said he has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the ninth member of the state cabinet to contract the infection.

Nitin Raut during the swearing ceremony at Shivaji Park, Dadar in Mumbai on November 28, 2019. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Raut (63), who is also the working president of the state Congress, tweeted about his diagnosis.

“I have tested positive for Covid-19. I would request all those who had come in contact with me to get themselves tested as a precautionary measure,” he said.

Raut is the ninth minister in the MVA government to test positive for Covid-19.

Earlier, ministers Jitendra Awhad (housing), Ashok Chavan (PWD), Dhananjay Munde (social justice), Sunil Kedar (animal husbandry), Balasaheb Patil (cooperation), Aslam Shaikh (textile), Abdul Sattar (MoS-rural development) and Vishwajit Kadam (MoS-cooperation) had tested positive for Covid-19.

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