New Delhi

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has become the most high-profile member of the Narendra Modi cabinet to contract COVID-19 in the third phase of the pandemic.

“I have tested positive for Corona today with mild symptoms. I am under home quarantine. I request everyone who have recently come in my contact to isolate themselves and get tested,” Singh tweeted on Monday.

Rajnath Singh shared his health status on Twitter:

I have tested positive for Corona today with mild symptoms. I am under home quarantine. I request everyone who have recently come in my contact to isolate themselves and get tested.

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) January 10, 2022

India reported 1,79,723 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate in the country to 13.29 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.

On Saturday, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan had tested positive for Coronavirus.

He is under treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode.