Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao tested positive for COVID-19, an official release from Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said on Monday.
"Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild symptoms.
“He has been advised isolation and is staying at his farmhouse. A team of doctors is monitoring his health," Mr Kumar said in a release.
On April 14, the Chief Minister had addressed a massive election rally at Halia in Nalgonda District, about 140 km from Hyderabad for Nagarjuna Sagar bypoll, which went to polls on April 17.