The Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit has tested positive for coronavirus and was taken to the Kauvery Hospital in Alwarpet, Chennai where the doctors examined him and conducted various necessary tests. The hospital management has confirmed that the governor has been infected by the coronavirus but his symptoms are mild and condition stable so he has been advised to be under home quarantine monitored by the hospitals medical team.

Over the past month several, security and staff of the governor's residence Raj Bhavan in Guindy, Chennai tested positive for the coronavirus and have been isolated. The governor had then announced that he was in isolation in his residence and got tested and now it has been confirmed.

The BJP leader and Indian Home Minister Amit Shah also has been admitted to a private hospital in Delhi after testing positive for COVID 19 earlier today.