UP minister Mahendra Singh tests positive for COVID-19

Uttar Pradesh minister Mahendra Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, a state government official said on Sunday. Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh has also tested positive for COVID-19.

Uttar Pradesh minister Mahendra Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, a state government official said on Sunday. "He tested positive for COVID-19 around two-three days ago," he said.

The news of Singh, the Jal Shakti minister of Uttar Pradesh, testing positive for COVID-19 comes on a day when Kamal Rani Varun, the lone woman member in the state cabinet, succumbed to the disease. Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh has also tested positive for COVID-19.