Actor
Lakshmi
Manchu
on
Thursday
said
she
has
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
and
is
taking
necessary
precautions.
The
44-year-old
actor,
daughter
of
veteran
actor
Mohan
Babu,
shared
a
note
on
Instagram
informing
her
followers
of
her
diagnosis.
"After
playing
hide
and
seek
for
two
years...
And
screaming
'Go
corona
go',
COVID-19
has
finally
caught
me.
I
did
give
it
a
good
fight
but
it
had
other
plans.
I
am
taking
all
the
necessary
precautions
to
get
out
of
its
clutches.
PSA
to
all-
Let's
stay
at
home,
stay
safe
and
mask
up,"
the
post
read.
The
actor,
who
was
seen
in
last
year's
Netflix
anthology
"Pitta
Kathalu",
asked
her
fans
to
focus
on
their
immunity
and
get
vaccinated.
According
to
Union
health
ministry
data,
India
on
Thursday
saw
the
biggest
single-day
jump
of
495
Omicron
cases,
taking
the
total
number
of
infections
of
the
new
variant
of
coronavirus
to
2,630.
The
country
reported
90,928
fresh
coronavirus
infections,
the
highest
in
over
200
days,
that
pushed
its
caseload
to
3,51,09,286,
the
data
stated.