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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – More than a million people have died after contracting the coronavirus and more than 33 million have been infected. They include prominent figures in politics, sports, royalty and entertainment.
POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSMEN
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19, Trump said in a tweet on Thursday (October 1).
Trump said the couple would begin their quarantine and recovery process immediately. The pair were tested after Hope Hicks, one of their closest assistants, tested positive.
US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien is the highest-ranking official in Trump’s inner circle to test positive for the coronavirus. The news was announced on July 27.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 55, was admitted to hospital on April 5 after suffering from symptoms including fever and cough for more than 10 days. He spent a week in the hospital, including three nights in intensive care.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 65, said on July 7 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, after months of downplaying the severity of the pandemic.
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, President Bolsonaro’s eldest son, tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement from Flavio’s spokesman on Aug.25.
Flavio Briatore, one of Italy’s most flamboyant businessmen who lashed out at restrictions aimed at curbing the Covid-19 epidemic, was hospitalized after testing positive for the disease, his staff said in a statement on Aug.25.
Ms Sophie Trudeau, 45, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, tested positive for coronavirus on March 12. The whole family isolated themselves for two weeks.
Britain’s Prince Charles, 71, has tested positive for the virus, his residence said on March 25. The heir to the throne had isolated himself at his residence in Scotland for seven days with mild symptoms.
Prince Albert of Monaco, 62, has tested positive for coronavirus, but his health is “not a cause for concern,” his office said on March 19.
The European Union’s chief negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier, said on March 19 that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
ACTORS, SINGERS AND OTHER CELEBRITIES
Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s best-known movie stars, tested positive for Covid-19 along with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan, they said on July 11.
Professional wrestler-turned-Hollywood actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said in a video message posted on social media on September 2 that he, his wife, and their two young children have tested positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks, but that all have recovered and are healthy.
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, tested positive in March. Both 63 years old, they were in Australia because Hanks was working on a movie.
British actor Robert Pattinson tested positive for Covid-19, media reported on September 3, halting production of The Batman.
Actor Daniel Dae Kim, 51, best known from the television series Hawaii 5-0, said on March 19 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
British actor Idris Elba, 47, said on March 16 that he had tested positive, after discovering he had been exposed to someone with the disease.
Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, 40, who appeared on Quantum of Solace in 2008, said on March 15 that she was “locked up at home” after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Kristofer Hivju, 41, best known for playing the formidable, bearded Tormund on Game of Thrones, has tested positive for the coronavirus, he said in an Instagram post on March 14.
American actor Bryan Cranston said he contracted and recovered from Covid-19 in a video posted to Instagram on July 30, according to media reports.
Actor Tony Shalhoub, 66, who starred in Monk and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, revealed in May that he and his wife had recovered from the coronavirus.
The Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, the protagonist of The Mask of Zorro and dozens of other films, announced on August 10, his 60th birthday, that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was in quarantine.
Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, 61, said he felt like he was “living a nightmare” during his battle with the coronavirus in March.
Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo, 79, said on March 22 that he tested positive and went into isolation with his family.
American singer Pink, 40, said on April 5 that she had tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks earlier and has since recovered. She donated $ 1 million to relief efforts.
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, 68, who is serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, tested positive for the coronavirus in March, according to the head of the state prison officials union.
ATHLETES AND ATHLETES
World record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt tested positive for the coronavirus, the Jamaican Ministry of Health confirmed on August 24.
Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked male tennis player, tested positive for the virus on June 23. Djokovic, 33, apologized to anyone who contracted the virus after playing in an exhibition tournament he organized in Serbia and Croatia.
NBA basketball player and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, 31, tested positive for coronavirus in March. NBA Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, 28, also tested positive in March.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Premier League club said on March 12.
Juventus defender Daniele Rugani, 25, was the first Serie A soccer player to test positive, the Turin team said on March 11.
Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Pérez tested positive for Covid-19, his Racing Point team said on July 30.
New York Knicks great player Patrick Ewing, 57, said on May 22 that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, 31, tested positive in April.
DECEASED
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee died on August 31 after a lung infection. He had tested positive for Covid-19 on August 10 and had been in the hospital ever since. He was 84 years old.
Mahmoud Jibril, who left Muammar Gaddafi to become Libya’s rebel prime minister during the 2011 revolution, died in Cairo on April 5. He was interim leader until the country held its first free elections in four decades in 2012.
Annie Glenn, philanthropist and widow of pioneering astronaut and US Senator John Glenn, died at age 100 on May 19 in a Minnesota nursing home.
Luis Sepúlveda, the Chilean author best known for his book The Old Man Who Reads Love Stories, died in Spain on April 16 at the age of 70.
Sergio Rossi, the Italian luxury shoemaker, died on April 2. He was 80 years old.
Patricia Bosworth, the American writer and actress who starred opposite Audrey Hepburn in The Nun’s Story in 1959, died on April 2 at age 86.
Nick Cordero, a Canadian Broadway actor who played lead roles in Bullets Over Broadway and Waitress, died on July 5 at age 41.
Roy Horn, the magician who starred alongside Siegfried Fischbacher in a popular Las Vegas act built around rare tigers, died on May 8 at age 75.
Dave Greenfield, keyboardist for the British rock group The Stranglers, died on May 3 at the age of 71. He wrote the music for Golden Brown, the band’s biggest hit.
Lee Konitz, the American saxophonist who pioneered “cool” jazz, died on April 15 at the age of 92. He recorded albums with Miles Davis, pianist Bill Evans, saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, and bassist Charles Mingus, among many others.
Tim Brooke-Taylor, a British comedy stalwart best known for the 1970s television show The Goodies, died on April 12 at age 79.
John Prine, the Grammy-winning singer who wrote his first songs in his mind while delivering mail and later became one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on April 7 at age 73.
Ellis Marsalis, one of the patriarchs of jazz as the father of Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason and a great pianist in his own right, passed away on April 1 at the age of 85.
Ken Shimura, one of Japan’s best-known comedians, died on March 29 at the age of 70.
Manu Dibango, the Cameroon-born singer and saxophonist who recorded the hit song Soul Makossa in 1972, died in France on March 24 at the age of 86.
Terrence McNally, the Tony Award-winning playwright known for plays including Love! Value! Compassion! and the musical version of Kiss Of The Spider Woman, died on March 24, at age 81.
Pape Diouf, former president of the Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille, died on March 31 at the age of 68. The Senegalese citizen who moved to Marseille as a teenager died in Dakar.
Dr. Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for issuing an early warning about the disease, died on February 7.
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