Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, health officials said.

He has been admitted to a hospital in Kolkata, they said.

The octogenarian actor was unwell and he tested positive for the infection on Tuesday morning, a senior health official said.

'His samples were tested for COVID-19 on Monday and the reports came today,' he added.

Source: The Economic Times 

BDST: 1416 HRS, OCT 06, 2020
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