Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar, who was taken to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital earlier this month, remains in intensive care after testing positive for COVID-19, her spokesman said, news agency ANI reported. On Friday night, a spokesman for the legendary singer issued a statement urging “not to ignore any false news”. “Sincere appeal. Please do not take any false news lightly, Lata Didi is being treated by Dr. Pratit Samdani and his team of doctors in the intensive care unit. Family and doctors need their space,” read a statement from her spokesperson.
Also last week, when reports surfaced that the singer’s health was deteriorating, her spokesperson issued a statement that read: “It is disturbing to see false news being spread. Please note that Lata Didi is in stable condition. . Continue to be treated in ICU by a competent doctor. Please pray for her to come home soon.

The musical gem of Lata Mangeshkar needs no introduction. She has sung in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and other regional languages. She has won Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke awards as well as several national and film awards. Lata Mangeshkar’s last full album was Veer-Zaara, released in Bollywood in 2004. Lata Mangeshkar, popularly known as the “Nightingale of India”, began singing to support her family after the death of her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, in 1942. He is a classical musician singer and theatre actor. In Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar got her first big break with the song Dil Mera Toda in the 1948 film Majboor. However, her song Aayega Aanewaala in the movie Mahal (1949) became her first hit.

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