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Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan tested positive for Covid-19. The actor took on Twitter to confirm the news. He is in the isolation unit at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai. As per the reports, his condition is stable with mild symptoms. Not only Amitabh Bachchan, but other family members Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have also tested positive for Coronavirus. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope confirmed that the reports of the family members established after they have undergone a rapid antigen test. India has recorded a record single-day mark with 27,114 cases, and the total tally zoomed past the eighth-lakh mark on Saturday.



Gangster Vikar Dubey, who was involved in the massacre of eight police officers, has been encountered after a road accident on Friday morning while being taken to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh. As per the police, the convoy with Dubey was overtaken and then overturned due to heavy downpour. After the accident, he tried escaping and was killed in retaliatory firing. Police have also said that he tried to escape from the custody since his arrest on Thursday. After the incident, Vikas Dubey was taken to LLR hospital in Kanpur, where he was declared dead. UP's most wanted gangster was arrested yesterday from the famous Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.



As per Wednesday's reports by the Union Health Ministry, India's Coronavirus cases increased to 7,42,417. Though the recovery rate further improved to over 61.5 percent. The fatalities climbed to 20,642 with 482 new counts as per government data. Recoveries, on the other hand, stand at 4,56,830, while the active cases stand at 2,64,944. With the current number, India now trails behind only the United States and Brazil in the number of Covid-19 cases. On the same day, Mumbai's Covid-19 cases crossed the mark of 5,000 with 62 new fatalities, as confirmed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).