'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' star Bhavya Gandhi's father succumbs to Covid complications
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Businessman Vinod Gandhi had tested positive for the virus on April 9.
By PTI
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MUMBAI: Actor Bhavya Gandhi, best known for his role of Tapu in the long-running sitcom "Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah", on Wednesday said his businessman-father Vinod Gandhi passed away due to COVID-related complications at a hospital here.
The actor said his father was under COVID-19 treatment at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.
"My father was being treated for COVID-19 for more than a month. Initially, he was in a different hospital but as the case got worse he was admitted to Kokilaben hospital. He passed away yesterday at around 4 pm," Bhavya Gandhi told .
On Tuesday, Mumbai reported 1,717 new coronavirus infections and 51 fatalities, taking its caseload to 6,79,986 and death toll to 13,942, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
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Vinod Gandhi, who had tested positive for the virus on April 9, died on Tuesday evening. The actor said his father was under COVID-19 treatment at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.
"My father was being treated for COVID-19 for more than a month. Initially, he was in a different hospital but as the case got worse he was admitted to Kokilaben hospital. He passed away yesterday at around 4 pm," Bhavya Gandhi told .
On Tuesday, Mumbai reported 1,717 new coronavirus infections and 51 fatalities, taking its caseload to 6,79,986 and death toll to 13,942, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
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