Now, Two BJP MP's And Another Cabinet Minister In UP Test Positive For COVID19

LUCKNOW || The Coronavirus continued its deadly march in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as another cabinet minister of the state government - Panchayati Raj minister, Bhupendra Singh Chowdhary test positive for COVID19.

He himself tweeted this information. He is being shifted to the Medanta hospital for treatment. BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Mohanlalganj, Kaushal Kishore and Barabanki PM Upendra Singh Rawat have also tested positive for Coronavirus.

All these politicians have urged people who have come in contact with them over the past few days to get themselves checked for COVID.

Two ministers of the Yogi Adityanath government - MSME minister of state Chowdhary Udaybhan Singh and Medical and Health MoS Atul Garg are currently admitted at the SGPGI, where they are being treated for COVID.

Other ministers - Brajesh Pathak, Mahendra Singh, Moti Singh, JP Singh, Dharam Singh Saini, Upendra Tiwari and BJP state chief Swatantra Dev Singh have since recovered from the Coronavirus.

Sadly however two ministers in the state government, Chetan Chauhan and Kamla Rani Varun died of the viral infection. In the last 24-hours, Uttar Pradesh has reported 5898 new cases and 82 deaths.

Lucknow is at the top of the Corona Charts with 759 new cases and eight deaths in the last one day. Kanpur reported 316 new cases while 387 fresh cases have been reported from Gorakhpur, the home turf of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.