Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh minister Tulsi Silawat and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a tweet on Tuesday night, the water resources minister said he and his wife are in home quarantine on the advice of doctors.
He appealed to all those who came in contact with him to get themselves tested for COVID-19.
Senior BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said, in a tweet, he prayed for their speedy recovery.
Despite showing no symptoms of the disease, Silawat said, he underwent COVID-19 test on the instruction of the chief minister.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was admitted to a hospital here on Saturday after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday recorded 628 new coronavirus cases, 170 of them in Bhopal, taking the infection count in the state to 29,217, health department officials said.
With ten more people succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll went up to 830, the officials said.
The health officials said there are 3,226 active containment zones in the state at present.
MP's coronavirus figures are as follows: Total cases 29,217, new cases 628, active cases 8,044, deaths 830, discharged 20,343, number of tested people so far 7,24,673.
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(With Inputs from PTI)
