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Telangana Home Minister tests positive for COVID-19

Telangana Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali has tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Mahmood Ali, who has been admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad, showed symptoms of COVID-19 last week.

Telangana Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali
Telangana Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali
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Published : Jun 29, 2020, 12:05 PM IST

Updated : Jun 29, 2020, 1:03 PM IST

Hyderabad: Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has tested positive for COVID-19, reported the State Health Minister Eatala Rajendra on Monday.

He was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday night. Health officials described his condition as stable.

Ali had participated in Haritha Haram, a plantation programme, with top police officials on June 25.

He is the first minister from the state to be found infected by Coronavirus.

So far three members of State Legislative Assembly, all belonging to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), have tested positive.

With the discharge of 5172 COVID patients in Telangana after treatment, the total number has reached to 14,419 and the number of active cases is at 9000. Death toll in the state stands at 247.

With inputs from IANS

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Hyderabad: Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has tested positive for COVID-19, reported the State Health Minister Eatala Rajendra on Monday.

He was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad on Sunday night. Health officials described his condition as stable.

Ali had participated in Haritha Haram, a plantation programme, with top police officials on June 25.

He is the first minister from the state to be found infected by Coronavirus.

So far three members of State Legislative Assembly, all belonging to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), have tested positive.

With the discharge of 5172 COVID patients in Telangana after treatment, the total number has reached to 14,419 and the number of active cases is at 9000. Death toll in the state stands at 247.

With inputs from IANS

ALSO READ: 'Can't breathe,' COVID-19 patient's message to father before death

Last Updated : Jun 29, 2020, 1:03 PM IST
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