Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo tests Covid-19 positive for third time

Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo on Saturday informed he has tested positive for Covid-19. This is the third time the minister, who returned from Delhi on Friday night, has contracted the infection.

"After returning from Delhi, I got my Covid-19 test done here in which I tested positive for the coronavirus. Right now I am fine and as per suggestions of doctors, I am complying with the home isolation protocols," Singh Deo tweeted.

Earlier, Singh Deo had tested positive in January this year and March last year. 

As on Friday, Chhattisgarh has a Covid-19 caseload of 11,53,552, including 14,036 deaths, while the active tally is 643.

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