<p>Kolkata: Former West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra was hospitalised on Monday after he tested positive for COVID-19, an official said.</p>.<p>The septuagenarian is being treated at an isolated intensive care unit, he said.</p>.Number of babies with low birth weight born during Covid in India increases by 3%: Study.<p>"Mr Mitra was hospitalised this afternoon after he tested positive for COVID-19 as well as influenza. He has several comorbidities, but he is stable. Doctors are constantly monitoring his condition," the official told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>The economist, who is currently the principal chief advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been keeping unwell for some time. </p>
<p>Kolkata: Former West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra was hospitalised on Monday after he tested positive for COVID-19, an official said.</p>.<p>The septuagenarian is being treated at an isolated intensive care unit, he said.</p>.Number of babies with low birth weight born during Covid in India increases by 3%: Study.<p>"Mr Mitra was hospitalised this afternoon after he tested positive for COVID-19 as well as influenza. He has several comorbidities, but he is stable. Doctors are constantly monitoring his condition," the official told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>The economist, who is currently the principal chief advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been keeping unwell for some time. </p>