A woman Assistant Police Inspector (API) posted at Varsha, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's official residence tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The officer was deployed at Varsha on Tuesday and her samples were taken as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of Chief Minister.

According to sources, the department keeps rotating the officers deployed outside CM's bungalow and since the COVID-19 outbreak, every officer is being tested before getting deployed at Varsha bungalow.