Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 12 (ANI): Hyderabad Mayor Bonthu Rammohan and his family on Friday are under home quarantine after their driver tested positive for coronavirus.

Rammohan's driver tested COVID-19 positive on Thursday following which Mayor and his family have put themselves under home quarantine.

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"After the staff had voluntarily got tested yesterday, the driver tested positive for coronavirus. As a precautionary measure I and my whole family are under home quarantine," said the Mayor.

Meanwhile, a total of 208 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Telangana, taking the state count of positive cases to 4,320, the health department said on Thursday.

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There are 2,162 active COVID cases in the state while 165 people have succumbed to the infection so far. (ANI)

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