New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been tested positive for COVID-19 again on Saturday. She will remain in isolation.

Earlier this week, her daughter and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also tested positive for the same disease.

"Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has tested positive for Covid-19 today. She will remain in isolation as per Government protocol," Congress general secretary Jaiam Ramesh said in a tweet on Saturday.

Sonia Gandhi was tested positive for COVID-19 in early June as well. She was tested positive for the first time on 2 June. Days after she had tested positive, the 75-year-old politician was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on 12 June. She was discharged on June 20, this year.