Highly placed sources in the state health department informed midday that a top doctor of Maharashtra chief minister-appointed Covid Task Force has tested positive for Coronavirus. He was brought to a hospital in Mulund with breathing discomfort and has been put on High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) oxygen support.

The Covid Task Force team and senior doctors from the hospital are in touch with the doctors treating him. It is learnt that he is responding well to the treatment. According to sources, he was unwell from the last few days.