Nafisa Ali, Arijit Singh and Maanvi Gagroo test positive for COVID-19

Nafisa Ali, Arijit Singh and Manvi Gagroo are new entrants to the list of celebrities who contracted COVID during the third wave.

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Veteran actor Nafisa Ali, playback singer Arijit Singh and Four More Shots Please! star Maanvi Gagroo on Saturday tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Ali, known for starring in movies like Major Saab, Life In a Metro, Yamla Pagla Deewana and Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3, posted a picture of herself from a Goa hospital on Instagram.

"Guess what I have! A lucky number 7 bed !! High fever and throat congested but doing better with my super medical team in Goa. Hope to be allowed home in a few days for self-isolation.#covidpositive" the 64-year-old actor wrote in the caption.

Singh took to Facebook and wrote that he and his wife, Koel Roy, have tested positive for COVID-19.

"Me and my wife have tested COVID Positive. We are all perfectly fine and have quarantined ourselves," the 34-year-old singer said.

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Gagroo revealed her COVID-19 diagnosis on her Instagram stories.

"Thank you everyone for checking in. I have very mild symptoms. Just sleeping a lot. But thank you, thank you," the 36-year-old actor added.

Earlier, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also tested COVID-19 positive.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai on Saturday reported 20,318 cases in the last 24 hours, marginally lower than yesterday's 20,971. The city logged 5 COVID-related deaths.

(With agency inputs)