Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh hospitalised with Covid-19

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.

The veteran Congress leader, who has been suffering from fever, was admitted to the Trauma Centre of AIIMS around 5:00pm (local time), reports our New Delhi correspondent.

Singh, who participated in a meeting with top Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday, on the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on yesterday making some suggestions on how to handle the pandemic.

Delhi is the worst-hit Indian city with daily cases rising to 25,450 today.