CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s private secretary Damodar (57) died of COVID-19. Five including Damodar from the office of the chief minister had contracted the disease.

Damodar was admitted in the hospital on June 12. He was a native of Madurai. He was undergoing treatment at the Rajiv Gandhi Hospital in Chennai.

Apart from the five of the chief minister’s office, his photographer too contracted the disease. 48019 were infected of the disease in Tamil Nadu and 528 people have lost their lives.