Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who on Saturday night called up Jaya Bhaduri Bacchhan to inquire about the well-being of the superstar later tweeted “extremely saddened to hear the news of Shri Amitabh
Bachchan Ji testing COVID Positive. Praying for his strength & speedy recovery. Sr Bachchan please get well soon.”
Meanwhile, Bengal reported a steady rise in the numbers of corona cases with the 1344 fresh cases coming up in the past 24 hours. Out of these 412 cases were reported from Capital Kolkata only, Health Department sources said.
The State has thus far recorded 28,453 cases out of which 17,959
people have recovered taking the recovery rate to about 63.11 percent, sources said. Out of the 906 deaths 26 were reported in the past 24 hours.