Maharashtra Governor tests negative for Covid-19

July 12, 2020 14:05

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said he is not in self-isolation and feels perfectly alright. He says he has no symptoms of Covid-19.

This happened after 18 personnel at Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai tested coronavirus positive, a civic body official said on Sunday.

Two Raj Bhavan employees tested positive last week, after which 100 others there got tested, of which 16 have tested positive, the official said.

Among those who tested positive are senior staff members at Raj Bhavan, sources said.

Maharashtra, India's worst-hit state, registered a record single-day jump of 8,139 new cases on Saturday, taking the state's tally to 2,46,600 positive cases.

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