Renowned Film Critic Rajeev Masand Hospitalized After Testing Covid-19 Positive

India is currently dealing with the Coronavirus-led crises. Over the span of recent few weeks, the nation recorded the highest spike ever since the pandemic hit the country last year. Many renowned personalities from B-town have come in the contract with the virus. Veteran journalist and film critic, Rajeev Masand is said to be hospitalized after he tested positive for COVID-19. His condition is said to be critical now.

According to a report by Bollywood Hungama, the veteran journalist is currently admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. And just a few days ago he tested positive for COVID-19. The report also mentions that the doctors have described his condition as quite critical.

Very sincere and fervent prayers for my friend and former critic, the immensely amiable @RajeevMasand. Damn this #Covid.

— Bharathi S Pradhan (@editorbharathi) May 2, 2021

Veteran journalist and author, Bharathi S Pradhan took to her Twitter handle today and shared the news with her followers.

For the unversed, India reported around 3, 68,147 fresh COVID-19 cases, while the count for discharges stands at 3,00,732. The total number of vaccination stands at 15,71,98,207 tally, while there were 3,417 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the data issued by the Union Health Ministry.