BJP national spokesperson and a very prominent figure of the ruling party, Sambit Patra is admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon after he showed symptoms of COVID-19, PTI quoted sources as saying. Patra is admitted to the Medanta hospital in Gurgaon, hospital sources said told PTI.

The BJP leader has shown symptoms of COVID-19, a source said.

Patra, with over 4.4 million followers on Twitter, is one among the foremost visible BJP faces on various TV news channels.

He is also very active on social media and posted several tweets on Thursday too.

Earlier, Maharashtra cabinet minister and senior Congress leader, Ashok Chavan, who has tested positive for the COVID-19, was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. He was the second cabinet minister after NCP leader Jitendra Awhad to come under the bout of the virus infection.

Chavan had attended some in Mumbai before traveling back to his home district in Marathwada.

Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad who was tested positive for Coronavirus recovered after staying admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for quite a fortnight.

Police received a jolt of sorts when 15 of their colleagues — 12 in Hyderabad and three in Cyberabad police commissionerate offices tested positive for COVID-19.

 Hyderabad Commissioner Anjani Kumar confirmed that nine police personnel tested positive on Wednesday. On Tuesday, three constables working in Shalibanda, Kamathipura, and Bahadurpura police stations had tested positive. It's understood that the fresh cases pertain to personnel working in Armed Reserve, East and South Zones.

 With two constables of the IT cell in Hyderabad commissionerate infected, the whole staff within the multi-storied building had apparently been worried. the highest brass decided to be more cautious even with reference to the day-to-day add the commissionerate building.

It suspected that one constable contracted the virus during his visits to a hospital while accompanying his pregnant wife for check-ups. He complained of heat a couple of days ago. On learning that three other constables working in several police stations tested positive, officers persuaded him to travel for tests. Reports confirmed that he had indeed contracted the virus.

Meanwhile, another constable working in close proximity with him also underwent tests only to be confirmed as a second positive case from the commissionerate building.

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