Legendary
singer
Lata
Mangeshkar
has
contracted
COVID-19
and
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
in
Mumbai
on
Tuesday
(January
11).
Reports
revealed
that
she
is
currently
undergoing
treatment
at
the
intensive
care
unit
(ICU)
of
Mumbai's
Breach
Candy
hospital.
A
source
revealed
to
News18
that
the
singer
also
has
"other
health
issues
and
looking
at
age
factor,
doctors
are
closely
monitoring
the
situation."
Soon
after,
Lata
Mangeshkar's
niece
Rachna
told
ANI,
"She
is
doing
fine;
has
been
kept
in
ICU
only
for
precautionary
reasons
considering
her
age.
Please
respect
our
privacy
and
keep
Didi
in
your
prayers."
In
September
2021,
Mangeshkar
celebrated
her
92nd
birthday
with
close
friends
and
family.
Notably,
in
a
career
spanning
over
seven
decades,
Lataji
has
lent
her
voice
to
thousands
of
songs
in
Hindi
as
well
as
various
regional
and
foreign
languages.
Her
last
full
album
was
for
the
late
filmmaker
Yash
Chopra-directed
2004
film
Veer
Zaara.
In
1974,
the
Guinness
Book
of
Records
ranked
her
as
the
most
recorded
artiste
in
the
history
and
she
reportedly
sung
over
25,000
songs
between
1948
and
1974.
Lata
Mangeshkar
is
also
the
recipient
of
several
awards
including
India's
highest
civilian
honour,
the
Bharat
Ratna,
as
well
as
Padma
Bhushan,
Padma
Vibhushan,
the
Dada
Saheb
Phalke
Award,
and
multiple
National
Film
Awards.
She
is
also
the
recipient
of
France's
highest
civilian
award,
Officer
of
the
Legion
of
Honour,
and
more.