Behroze Sabzwari is reportedly in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 last week.

According to reports, the veteran actor is currently under observation but is stable.

Speaking to a local media out, Sabzwari shared that he has been admitted in Ziauddin Hospital’s ICU, adding that he is doing fine.

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Meanwhile, Behroze’s son Shahroz Sabzwari told media outlets that his father tested positive six days ago and has been at the hospital since.

Shahroze further added: “We are following the standard operating procedures and hoping things will get better soon. We’re all glad he is out danger now. But the initial days were tough, and we were all really worried. Now it’s all better and we hope it stays that way.”

Behroze is the latest celebrity to test positive for the virus. Other celebrities, who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19, include Usman Mukhtar, Ameer Gilani, Rubina Ashraf, Nida Yasir, Yasir Nawaz, Naveed Raza, Noman Sami, Alizeh Shah, Alyzeh Gabol, Abrar ul Haq, Sakina Samo, Shehzad Roy and Bilal Maqsood. All of them have recovered now.

It is pertinent to add here that Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Farogh Naseem, PPP leader Sharmila Faruqi and her husband Hashaam have also tested positive for the virus, while across the border Sunny Deol has contracted the infectious disease.

Pakistan has reported 75 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 403,311 . The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 8,166 on Wednesday.