Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal u(File image)

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on January 4 he has tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms and isolating at home, putting a stop to his campaigning in poll-bound states for now.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor in a tweet also urged people whom he came in contact with over the past few days to quarantine and get tested.

"I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid me in last few days, kindly isolate urself and get urself tested," the CM tweeted.

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Kejriwal had been addressing several rallies in states ahead of assembly elections. On January 3, he participated in the party's Uttarakhand Nav Nirman rally at the Parade Ground in Dehradun.

On January 2, he was in Lucknow to address the party's rally, where he said that the coronavirus arrangements in Uttar Pradesh earned a bad name for the state and now in a cover-up the state government is splurging public money on advertisements.

After the Delhi CM shared his diagnosis, the BJP has accused him of being 'irresponsible'. In a tweet, BJP's spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla called out Kejriwal for campaigning recklessly without a mask in poll-bound states.

Meanwhile, Delhi has witnessed a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases over the last few days. On January 3, the national capital reported 4,099 new cases, 28 percent more than January 2, and one death due to the disease as the positivity rate rose to 6.46 percent, according to the data shared by the health department.

India reported 37,379 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 3,49,60,261 in the country, while the active cases increased to 1,71,830, according to the Union health ministry's data updated at 8 am on January 4. The death toll climbed to 4,82,017 with 124 more fatalities, the data showed.