Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Patil tests positive for Covid-19

Published on: Aug 15, 2020 11:26 pm IST

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State cooperation minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Balasaheb Patil tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to Krishna Hospital in Karad, Satara district on Friday.

He is the seventh minister from the state cabinet to be infected. In a statement issued by his office on Saturday, it was confirmed that the minister is stable and being treated at the hospital.

Patil has also appealed to those who had come in his close contact with him over the past few days, to isolate themselves for a few days.

Earlier, Ashok Chavan, Aslam Shaikh (both Congress), Jitendra Awhad, Dhananjay Munde, Sanjay Bansode (NCP), and Abdul Sattar (Shiv Sena) tested positive and recovered after treatment.

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