COVID-19

COVID-19 catches up with world’s fastest man Usain Bolt

August 25, 2020, 5:14 PM

Sneha Shah | Mumbai

Usain Bolt

World record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold-winner, Usain Bolt, on August 24 took to twitter to announce that he had tested positive for COVID-19. The news came two days after he celebrated his 34th birthday on August 21st by throwing a lavish party where attendees were reportedly seen without masks.

Good morning everybody, I was waking up and like everybody else, check social media saw that social media is saying I’m confirmed to have COVID-19. I did a test on Saturday to leave (Jamaica) because I work. I’m trying to be responsible to I’m going to stay in and stay here for all my friends, Bolt said in a video, which he had posted on twitter, along with the caption that read, Stay safe my ppl.

Also, I’m having no symptoms, so I will quarantine myself and wait on the confirmation to see what is the protocol and to see how I shall go about quarantining myself from the Ministry of Health. Until then, I’ll talk to all my friends and if they came into contact with me should, just to be safe, quarantine by themselves and just to take it easy and just to let people know to be safe out there, he added.

?Best birthday ever,” wrote the top sprinter on Instagram with a picture of himself holding his daughter, Olympia, who was born in May.

Jamaicas Prime Minister Andrew Holness also said that police is probing the circumstances surrounding Bolts birthday party.

There are reports of an activity related to Usain Bolt. These matters are all being thoroughly investigated and police will give a report on these matters in near future, Holness said in a virtual news conference.

Daily Updates

Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.