Mumbai: Shakti Kapoor got all teary-eyed while narrating a recovery story of a 93-year-old COVID-19 survivor from Italy.
A moving survivor story of 92-year-old, who won the battle with coronavirus, brought Shakti to tears who urged his fans to value life and do not come out of their homes to help break the chain of the global pandemic.
"A 93-year old man in Italy was discharged from the hospital after recovering from coronavirus. The doctors asked him to pay his bills for the ventilator and he broke down. They asked him if he didn't have the money to pay his bills, he replied I have been breathing all my life free of cost, and today have to pay money to breathe in the hospital. I'm thankful to god," Shakti is seen saying in an emotionally charged video.
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Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus positive cases in India reached 1,834 on Wednesday, including foreign nationals, with 1,649 active cases, the Union Health Ministry said.
The Health Ministry, in its the evening update that 41 deaths have been reported in India so far, with highest nine from Maharashtra, followed by Gujarat, where six deaths were reported.
"A total of 143 patients have been cured and discharged," it said.
Among the 27 states and Union Territories having Coronavirus patients, Maharashtra has the highest tally of positive cases at 302, followed by Kerala at 241.
India has been under a 21-day lockdown in a bid to prevent spread of coronavirus.
