A second person has tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu, according to reports on Sunday. Further details are awaited.

The first person to be infected with coronavirus in Tamil Nadu had visited Oman, the state health minister C Vijayabaskar had said Saturday.The number of infected people in the country has now risen to 40 out of which 14 are Italian tourists who have quarantined at an ITBP’s facility in Chhawla in Delhi. Two other Italian tourists in the same group had tested positive for coronavirus in Jaipur.

Earlier on Sunday, Kerala announced that five more people have tested positive for the virus. Three of them had returned from Italy via Doha. All five belong to the same family.

The number of people testing positive for the virus hasrisen sharply over the past week.In Tamil Nadu, the first person to be detectedwith coronavirus had arrived at the airport here on February 28 where he wassubjected to screening and isolated for further treatment at Chennai’s RajivGandhi Government hospital PTI quoted Vijayabaskar as saying.The minister hadsaid that the patient was stable and under observation. The minister said thegovernment was continuously monitoring the situation across the state.