With just two days to go before the Punjab assembly session, 23 MLAs and ministers in the state have tested coronavirus positive, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Wednesday. Three of the 23 MLAs are cabinet ministers while another minister who had tested positive earlier has recovered. "As of today, two days before the scheduled Punjab Vidhan Sabha session, 23 ministers/MLAs were COVID positive," Singh said, according to an official release. According to a PTI report, 13 of the 23 COVID-19 positive MLAs are from the Congress, six from the Shiromani Akali Dal and three from the AAM Aadmi Party. Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Sunder Sham Arora are three ministers who have tested positive.

Source: dna August 26, 2020 16:52 UTC