Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress Divya Bhatnagar was hospitalised on November 26 for pneumonia, and after tests, on November 28, she was diagnosed as being COVID-positive. The actress's condition was critical and she was put on ventilator.

Her brother, Devashish Bhatnagar, had spoken about her condition in a previous interview saying, "We have shifted Divya to another hospital. She was already suffering from pneumonia, which has worsened owing to coronavirus. Initially, she was on non-invasive ventilation to support her breathing, but is on ventilator now because of all the exertion of shifting hospitals. We want her to recover from the pneumonia, which has spread."