RSS Chief tests positive for Covid-19
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to a hospital. According to the tweet by RSS "Our Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Dr Mohanji Bhagwat Ji has tested positive for Covid-19 this afternoon. He is currently having common symptoms of coronavirus and has been admitted to Kingsway Hospital in Nagpur. He is undergoing a general checkup and exercising caution".
On the 7th of March, Bhagwat and Suresh bhaiyyaji Joshi, General Secretary of RSS administered their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Nagpur's National Cancer Institute.
Around 58,993 are the new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra out of this 9,200 are the new Covid-19 cases of Mumbai. India saw 1.31 Lakh new Covid-19 cases, this was the third-highest spike in cases. Nine states including Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan and Union Territory of Delhi Delhi account for 83.29 per cent of the new cases.
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