BJP chief JP Nadda tests Covid positive

"My report has come positive. I am feeling well as of now. I have isolated myself," JP Nadda tweeted.

BJP chief JP Nadda tested positive for Coronavirus today. Nadda said he underwent a test after 'initial symptoms'. "My report has come positive. I am feeling well as of now. I have isolated myself," Nadda tweeted.

"I request people who came in my contact to take a Covid test," Nadda said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of State for Defence Ministry Ajay Bhatt also tested positive for COVID-19 today.

India is currently witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases and reported 1,79,723 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate in the country to 13.29 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.

A total of 4,033 cases of the Omicron variant of Coronavirus have been reported so far.

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases (1,216), followed by Rajasthan (529) and Delhi (513). About 1,552 patients infected with Omicron have recovered. The Ministry further informed that the active caseload in the country currently stands at 7,23,619 which accounts for 2.03 per cent of the country's total number of cases.

The weekly positivity rate currently is at 7.29 per cent, while the daily positivity rate stands at 13.29 per cent.Total cases of COVID-19 in the country have risen to 35,528,004, the health ministry said today morning. As many as 46,569 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The cumulative tally of COVID recovered patients now stands at 3,45,00,172.