MUMBAI : Even as Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde's political gambit threatens Maha Vikas Aghadi's prevalence as the ruling party in the state government, it has been reported that the state's 80-year old governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been admitted to a hospital in South Mumbai after he tested positive for Covid-19.
The governor had been reportedly seen taking all forms of precautions while in public- wearing masks, following Covid Appropriate behaviour.
An official has confirmed that Koshyari has been admitted to the Reliance Foundation Hospital. Meanwhile, maharashtra on Tuesday reported 3,659 new Covid-19 cases in the past twenty four hours.
Logging a surge of 55% from the day before thereby taking the active Covid cases tally to 24915. Tuesday's total cases included 1,781 in Mumbai itself.