Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, Daughter, 6 Staff Members Test COVID +Ve

In a statement issued on Monday, the Manipal Hospital said that Yediyurappa is doing well and is clinically stable.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and his daughter have tested positive for COVID-19. Six staff members at the CM's office have also been infected by the virus.

The CM on Sunday, 2 August, took to Twitter to say that he has tested positive. Yediyurappa added that while he was fine, he was being hospitalised as a “precaution on the recommendation of doctors” and asked people who had come into contact with him to exercise 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.

— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) August 2, 2020