- India’s Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised every week after contracting COVID-19.
- As a matter of considerable precaution underneath medical recommendation, I’ve been hospitalised, Tendulkar wrote on Twitter.
- He was earlier quarantining at residence after testing constructive following gentle signs.
MUMBAI: India batting nice Sachin Tendulkar mentioned on Friday he has been admitted to hospital as a precautionary measure after contracting the novel coronavirus final week.
Tendulkar, who will flip 48 later this month, was beforehand quarantining at residence after testing constructive following gentle signs.
“As a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice, I have been hospitalised,” he mentioned on Twitter. “I hope to be back home in a few days. Take care and stay safe everyone.”
Former India captain Tendulkar retired from the skilled recreation in 2013 after notching a nonetheless unmatched 100 worldwide centuries in a prolific 24-year profession.
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He lives in Mumbai, the capital of the Western Indian state of Maharashtra which has been the toughest hit by a resurgence in COVID-19 circumstances.
Maharashtra had as many as 43,183 new circumstances on Friday with the nation’s monetary hub Mumbai reporting 8,646 of them – each a file for single day infections.
Earlier within the day, India reported 81,466 new COVID-19 infections, the best each day quantity in six months, as a number of states had been hit by a second wave of the coronavirus.