Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister has been given additional charge of the health ministry and other departments allocated to Delhi Heath Minister Satyendar Jain.The additional charge to Sisodia comes a day after the Jain, the Health Minister of Delhi, tested positive for COVID-19.
The 55-year-old Aam Aadmi Party leader on Tuesday tested negative for coronavirus and was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Superspecialty Hospital in the national capital. Jain was admitted on Monday night after suffering from high fever and breathing problem and was tested for coronavirus. The total number of coronavirus in the national capital has now surged to 44,688, while the death toll has mounted to 1,837 so far.