Celebrity restaurateur-chef Floyd Cardoz who was in the city for the opening of the third establishment by Hunger Inc, The Bombay Sweet Shop. has been tested positive for COVID-19, a statement on behalf of Hunger Inc, has confirmed.

Cardoz was in Mumbai until March 8, and had taken to Instagram three days ago to announce that he had contracted the virus 10 days earlier, and that he had admitted himself in a hospital in New York. He said in the post that he didn’t know how and where he had contracted it. But he deleted the post shortly after and posted a new message two days ago, clarifying that his hospitalisation was a precautionary measure and apologising for the panic his earlier post had caused.