<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut today tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the ninth member of the State Cabinet to contract the infection. Mr Raut , who is also the Working President of the State Congress, tweeted about his diagnosis.<br />''<br />''Earlier, Ministers Jitendra Awhad , Ashok Chavan , Dhananjay Munde , Sunil Kedar , Balasaheb Patil , Aslam Shaikh , Abdul Sattar  and Vishwajit Kadam had tested positive for COVID-19.</span><br />