Alia Bhatt Tests Negative For COVID-19 After 12 Days; See Post

Actor Alia Bhatt on Wednesday said she has tested negative for COVID-19, more than 10 days after contracting the virus. Bhatt had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 2 and was under home quarantine.

The 28-year-old actor took to Instagram and shared a picture of herself, writing, "the only time being negative is a good thing." See the post here:

Prior to her diagnosis, the actor was shooting for her upcoming Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed drama "Gangubai Kathiawadi". The production was halted after Bhatt tested positive. The shoot of the film had resumed only for some time since before her, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali had tested positive. Her boyfriend, Ranbir Kapoor too had tested positive around the same time as Bhansali, but the actress had then tested negative.

Maharashtra government has put on hold films, TV serials and advertisement shoots in the state from Wednesday evening as part of the fresh guidelines to curb coronavirus cases. All the shoots have been halted till 1st May. The measure was taken keeping in mind the rising number of COVID cases in the city and the fact that many celebs, and crew members of different films and TV shows had tested positive.

On Tuesday, Mumbai reported 7,898 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 5,35,017.