Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit tests positive for COVID-19

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and advised home isolation, according to Chennai's Kauvery hospital.

The Governor will be monitored by a team of professionals from the hospital, the hospital informed.

The development comes hours after he was taken to the hospital earlier in the morning.

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"The Governor's condition is mild, asymptomatic and he is clinically stable," said a Kauvery hospital official.

Purohit was taken to the hospital days after 87 employees of the Raj Bhawan tested positive for the virus.