John Prine Hospitalized After Showing Coronavirus Symptoms

John Prine, the legendary American musician, has been admitted to the hospital after manifesting COVID-19 symptoms. Prine’s family confirmed the news on social media and explained that his situation is quite “critical.”

A message posted on Prine’s Twitter profile stated that the “Angel From Montgomery” hitmaker has been admitted to a medical facility since Thursday but his health deteriorated on Saturday. Since then, Prine has been on a ventilator and continues to receive care.

The family expressed gratitude toward all the people who have been sending a lot of good wishes since the news surfaced online. They urged the people to keep Prine in their prayers and support him in such crucial times. The message was concluded by saying that the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner loves everyone who is praying for his good health.

“This is hard news for us to share. But so many of you have loved and supported John over the years, we wanted to let you know, and give you the chance to send on more of that love and support now. And know that we love you, and John loves you,” the message read.

The news comes a week after a media outlet reported that Prine’s wife, Fiona Whelan Price, was also diagnosed with the deadly illness.

The 73-year-old musician is considered to be one of the influential figures in the folk and country industry. He started his career in the late 1960s when he began to sing at open mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue in Chicago. Prine released his first albumin 1971. The album received good reviews from the critics and since then he made some significant contributions to country music.

The singer has fought cancer twice, in 1998 and in 2013. More recently, he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 and had part of a lung removed.

Prine has joined the list of celebrities who have been receiving treatment for the life-threatening disease. Tom Hanks, Olga Kurylenko, Idris Elba are some of the Hollywood A-Listers who also tested positive for COVID-19.

More than 720,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus globally. The death toll has breached the 30,000 mark while more than 150,000 people have recovered from the disease. The most number of cases have been recorded in the U.S. (142,004) while Italy comes in second place with 97,689 cases.

According to a report, the U.S. witnessed 18,426 new cases in the last 24 hours.