THANE: A
BJP legislator from Thane district of
Maharashtra has tested positive for
coronavirus infection, a
civic health official here said on Saturday. The 40-year-old legislator had tested positive for the disease couple of days ago and is presently undergoing treatment at a hospital in neighbouring Mumbai, the official said.
The health department personnel are in the process of tracing the high-risk contacts of the BJP leader and will be quarantining them, he added.
Maharashtra has so far recorded 1,52,765 cases of Covid-19 and 7,106 deaths.