Actor, comedian, and former CNN anchor, D.L. Hughley, has tested positive for coronavirus after collapsing on stage during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee.
Hughley announced his diagnosis in an Instagram video post published recently.
He said when he arrived at the hospital, he was being treated for extreme exhaustion and dehydration, but after doctors ran a series of tests, they discovered he was Covid-19 positive which took him by surprise. Insisting he was asymptomatic.
Hughley was taken to Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville after collapsing. He said he was going back to his hotel room to quarantine for 14 days after leaving hospital.
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He ended the video by thanking everyone for their prayers saying, “Thank you for your prayers and your good wishes and a few more of them wouldn’t hurt, so hopefully, I won’t develop symptoms maybe this is as bad as it gets. And I’ll just pass out over and over, or not But thank you, I appreciate your thoughts and your prayers and they did not go unnoticed, or unfelt.”
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