Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has tested positive for COVID-19. He took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to announce his test results.
Earlier, the Centre announced that India saw a single-day spike of 48,916 positive cases and 757 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) there are currently 4,56,07 active cases across the country, while 8,49,43 patients have been cured or discharged, and one has migrated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate three new laboratories of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Noida, Kolkata and Mumbai on 27 July via video conferencing.
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