Former Union Minister and Congress MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday.
Tewari took to Twitter to inform that he got himself tested on Monday morning after running a fever the previous night. He also said that he showed no other symptoms.
“I have tested positive for COVID -19 today afternoon. I got up with mild fever around 2 am last night. Got myself tested first thing in the morning. Two parallel tests. No other symptoms so far. All those who have been in contact with me over the past few days are advised caution,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, Punjab on Monday recorded 445 fresh cases and 23 casualties in the past 24 hours, taking the state’s COVOD-19 tally to 1,42,082 and death toll to 4,480.
After witnessing a dip in number of cases and deaths, the state’s positivity rate and fatality rate is witnessing a gradual surge. On Monday, the positivity rate stood at 4.94 percent, with just 10,199 samples collected in a day; while the mortality rate has reached 3.15 percent.
Ludhiana recorded whopping seven deaths in the past 24 hours, followed by four in Ropar; two each in Amritsar and Jalandhar; and one each in Bathinda, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Moga, SAS Nagar (Mohali), SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), Pathankot, and Patiala.
While 1,32,001 patients (at the recovery rate of 92.91 percent) have been discharged after recovering from the deadly contagion, the state still has 5601 active cases (3.94 percent of the total confirmed positive cases).
Among the active cases, 156 patients are on oxygen support, while 18 patients are critical and on ventilator support.