After battling Covid-19 and pneumonia for many days, Indian actress Divya Bhatnagar breathed her last on Monday morning in Mumbai. She was 34.
She was hospitalised and put on ventilator support last week. Her family had reportedly said her condition was critical.
Her friend Yuvraj Raghuvanshi told the Indian news website Spotboye, “Divya passed away at 3 am in the night. She had been shifted to Seven Hills Hospital and was suffering from breathing issues since 2 and at 3, doctor declared her dead. It’s a big shock for me and her family. May her soul rest in peace. (sic)”
Her co-stars Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Shilpa Shirodkar, and many other celebs took to social media to offer condolences.
Many other celebrities, such as popular Indian playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee (85) have died of Covid-19 complications.
With nearly 9.6 million Covid-19 cases, India has the world's second-highest number of novel coronavirus cases after the USA.
According to statistics from India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 396,729 active cases, with 140,573 deaths recorded so far. However, 9,139,901 have recovered.