Officials said Thursday that Rajnath Singh, who is the minister of defense, tested positive for COVID-19.
They said that the Minister is in a home lockdown right now because he has mild symptoms.
The Defense Ministry said that a team of doctors looked at him and told him to rest.
It said that he was supposed to go to the Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference in Delhi on Thursday, but he couldn’t go because he had the bug.
As the number of Covid-19 cases rises, India has seen 12,591 new Covid cases in a day. This is the most in about eight months, and the number of current cases has risen to 65,286 as of Thursday.
The number of deaths has gone up to 5,31,230, with 40 deaths, 11 of which have been confirmed by Kerala, according to figures from 8 a.m.
