Actress Samyuktha Hegde tested positive for the novel coronavirus. She took to Instagram stories to inform the news with her followers. The Comali actress also revealed that she is in home isolation as per her doctor's advice. Samyuktha said that her parents, who tested positive for Covid-19 last month, are now recovering and are doing well. Samyuktha Hegde on Wednesday took to Instagram stories to inform her fans that she has contracted the novel coronavirus. She said that she feels relieved that she got infected after her parents recovered from the deadly disease. Her story read, "Hello you guys, hope you all are doing well. I have tested positive for Covid 19 today. I'm in self-isolation and taking all the necessary measures as advised by my doctor. Take care of yourselves. Stay positive, test negative."
Sharing an update about her parents, she wrote, "Also my parents are recovering really well. I'm thankful to the universe that I got it after they were nursed back to good health (sic)."She revealed that she is glad that the SOS requests in her Instagram profile have drastically come down. She wrote, "And I'm super glad that the help requests in my DM have drastically come down and people are responding with thank you messages!!! Recovery news is literally the best news these days. Hopefully there's actual change on the ground and I'm happy that people are able to receive the healthcare they require."Samyuktha said that the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) is more efficient now than they were in her parents' case. "Also have to add BBMP people called me an hour after I got my report which was quite efficient compared to 25 days back when all of us tested and they called 11 days after to enquire about mom and dad (sic)," she wrote.