Highlights
- Bollywood stars - Amitabh Bachchan and his son, Abhishek have tested positive
- Both are in hospital and in stable condition
- No confirmation yet about their spouses - Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
His son, Abhishek too has tested positive.
"I have tested COVID positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited," Senior Bachchan wrote.
The father-son duo has been taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, and his son described them both as having mild symptoms.
Test results of their spouses and veteran actresses - Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is not yet known.
The senior Bachchan, also revered as Big B, has acted in more than 200 Indian films over the past five decades.
He has won several awards and has delivered some of the Indian cinema's iconic blockbuster films like Zanjeer, Sholay, Agneepath. He is a living legend for his fans in India and worldwide.
His son, 44-year-old Abhishek Bachchan is also a Bollywood actor and has acted in more than 60 films including Dhoom, Paa, Sarkaar and Guru.
Wishes for the duo's wellbeing poured in on social media.
On Saturday, coronavirus cases in India crossed the 800,000 mark with the biggest spike of 27,114 cases reported in the past 24 hours.
The new confirmed cases took the national total to 820,916. The health ministry also reported another 519 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities up to 22,123.
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