Popular playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam who has been in the hospital since August 5 after he was diagnosed with COVID-19, has suffered a setback in his health. A statement was issued by MGM Healthcare on Thursday where he is currently undergoing treatment for over a week, saying that the singer is currently on life support and his condition is critical. The hospital’s statement read, "There has been a setback in the health of Thiru SP Balasubrahmanyam who had been admitted at MGM healthcare for symptoms of COVID since 5th August 2020. He is currently under observation by the team and experts from critical care and his hemodynamic and clinical parameters are being closely monitored." For the uninformed, it was on August 5 that the singer had first announced that he had contracted the novel coronavirus.

Source: dna August 14, 2020 12:00 UTC