<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, State Public Works Department Minister Gopal Bhargava has reported COVID-19 positive. He shared this information on his Twitter handle. Mr Bhargava is the sixth member of BJP Cabinet to test positive.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan himself had tested positive for the infection in the last week of July and recovered after treatment.&nbsp;Earlier, Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang, State Cooperatives Minister Arvind Bhadoriya, Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat, Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav and Minister of State for Backward Class and Minority Welfare Ramkhelawan Patel had tested Coronavirus positive.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the State climbed up to around 51,385 after around 1,100 new cases reported in the past 24 hours in Madhya Pradesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' As per the State Health Bulletin, 987 Coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals yesterday taking the number of recovered cases in the State to around 39,000.&nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | August 22, 2020 9:28 PM
MP State Public Works Dept. Minister Gopal Bhargava tests COVID-19 positive