Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SHP)
Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa has tested positive for coronavirus infection. This confirmation came after the CM tweeted about his condition. He has been hospitalised as a precautionary measure and assured that he was doing fine. Earlier on Sunday, Home Minister Amit Shah had also tested positive for coronavirus.
As per reports, the Karnataka chief minister has been admitted to Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru.
The 77-year-old CM has requested all those who came in contact with him recently to 'be observant' and undergo self-quarantine.
"I have tested positive for coronavirus. Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors. I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self-quarantine," Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa tweeted.
Yediyurappa has become the second chief minister in India, after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to test positive for coronavirus.
The CM was undergoing self-isolation for a few weeks after some of his staff at his office-cum-residence 'Krishna' contracted the coronavirus infection.
Until recently, Karnataka has been recording a continuous spike in coronavirus cases. Furthermore, most of the cases have been deemed untraceable raising concern amid the authorities. The state on Sunday reported over 5,532 fresh cases of coronavirus and 84 corona related deaths in the past 24 hours pushing the tally of confirmed cases to 1.34 lac and the death toll to 2,496.