From Akshay Kumar and Vicky Kaushal to Alia Bhatt: Bollywood celebs who have tested COVID positive in the second wave

As the second wave of COVID-19 is causing cases across India to rise, Bollywood has been affected too. Over the last 20 days, a number of B-town celebs have tested positive for the coronavirus

The actor announced on social media on April 3 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. The following day, he was hospitalised as a precautionary measure

On March 18, Aamir’s spokesperson released a statement informing that the actor had tested COVID positive and was in self-quarantine at home

Alia took to social media on April 1 to announce that she was quarantined at home after testing positive. Alia’s diagnosis came days after boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor tested negative

In a detailed Instagram post on Monday morning, Bhumi Pednekar informed that she had tested COVID positive with mild symptoms and was recovering at home

On April 5, Vicky Kaushal announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, merely hours after Bhumi Pednekar, his co-star from the upcoming film Mr Lele

Hours after appearing at Lakme India Fashion Week as the showstopper, on March 22, Kartik Aaryan announced that he had the coronavirus and was quarantined at home

On April 4, Govinda announced that he had tested COVID positive. He hadded that he only had mild symptoms and was hence, at home

On March 22, a day after his 3 Idiots co-star Aamir Khan, R Madhavan also tested positive for COVID-19. In a rather funny tweet, he quipped, “Farhan HAS to follow Rancho and Virus has always been after us”

Milind Soman informed on Twitter on March 25 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. The model-turned-actor has been quarantined at home

Paresh Rawal tested positive for COVID-19 on March 26. The veteran actor had received the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine on March 9

Last Monday (March 29), Dangal star Fatima Sana Shaikh informed that had contracted the coronavirus and was under home quarantine

The veteran actor-director tested positive on March 17 and was initially under home quarantine. He had to be shifted to the hospital days later, from where he was discharged upon testing negative last week

The actor was admitted to a hospital in Delhi on March 13 when he tested positive for COVID-19. He tested negative a week later and was discharged.