Legendary athlete Milkha Singh, being treated for Covid-19 pneumonia here, was on Wednesday shifted out of Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but his wife too was admitted to the same hospital after testing positive for the same ailment.

"Milkha Singh continues to be stable on oxygen support. He is weak and we are trying to encourage him to increase his diet. He and his wife both are under observation," Mohali's Fortis hospital said in an update on Wednesday.