Bollywood
actress
Disha
Patani's
father
Jagdish
Patani,
along
with
two
officers
of
the
vigilance
unit
of
the
Uttar
Pradesh
power
department,
have
tested
positive
for
the
novel
Coronavirus.
Additional
CMO
Ashok
Kumar
confirmed
this
news
on
Wednesday.
He
revealed
that
the
three
officers
were
investigating
a
transformer
scam.
He
further
added
that
the
zonal
chief
engineer's
office
has
been
closed
for
the
next
48
hours.
Disha
Patani's
father
is
a
deputy
SP
in
the
vigilance
unit
of
the
state
power
department
in
Lucknow.
As
per
a
PTI
report,
the
state
reported
4,078
COVID-19
cases
and
40
new
fatalities
on
Wednesday,
bringing
the
infection
tally
to
over
1.04
lakh
and
death
toll
to
1,857.
Speaking
about
COVID-19,
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
Bachchan
family
including
Amitabh
Bachchan,
his
son
Abhishek
Bachchan,
daughter-in-law
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
and
granddaughter
Aaradhya
Bachchan
tested
positive
for
the
highly
contagious
virus.
While
Big
B,
Aishwarya
and
Aaradhya
have
recovered
from
COVID-19
and
are
currently
under
home
quarantine,
Abhishek
continues
to
seek
medical
treatment
at
Mumbai's
Nanavati
hospital
as
his
COVID-19
report
is
yet
to
come
negative.