Madhya Pradesh CM Chouhan Tests Negative For Coronavirus, to Stay in Isolation Till Tomorrow

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had tested positive for coronavirus on July 25, on Tuesday announced that he had tested negative for the infection. Making the anno

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had tested positive for coronavirus on July 25, on Tuesday announced that he had tested negative for the infection. Making the announcement on Twitter, the Chief Minister thanked doctors and nurses, as well as all those who had prayed for his speedy recovery.

“My COVID-19 report has come negative. On my doctors’ advice, I will stay in isolation till tomorrow. I sincerely thank the doctors, nurses and their entire team. To all of the well-wishers who prayed for my good health, I will forever be grateful for this”, he tweeted today.

मेरी #COVID19 की रिपोर्ट निगेटिव आई है।

डॉक्टर्स की सलाह पर मैं कल तक आइसोलेशन में रहूंगा।

मैं डॉक्टर्स नर्सेज़ और पूरी टीम को हृदय से धन्यवाद देता हूँ।

आप सभी शुभचिंतकों ने मेरे स्वास्थ्य लाभ हेतु प्रार्थना की, इसके लिए मैं आपका सदैव आभारी रहूंगा।

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) August 11, 2020

Earlier, after recovering from the infection, he was discharged from Bhopal’s Chirayu Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, on August 5. On Sunday, he said that he would donate his plasma for treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Since his release, he had been under home quarantine.

Chouhan’s announcement of testing negative comes a day after his Karnataka counterpart and fellow BJP leader BS Yediyurappa was discharged from hospital after testing positive on August 2.

On Monday, Madhya Pradesh recorded 866 new positive cases of coronavirus, taking the state’s overall count thus far to 39,891. This includes 29,674 recovered cases, 9,202 active cases and 1,015 deaths, of which 19 took place on Monday.