Former India captain and Board of Control for Cricket in India's president Sourav Ganguly had tested positive for the delta plus variant of COVID-19 but was discharged after four days of hospitalisation as the infection was not severe and could be managed in home isolation, a hospital official said on Saturday (January 1).
Though the 49-year old has not been infected with the Omicron variant, his samples taken two days back returned positive for the Delta plus variant of the COVID-19.
"Ganguly's samples tested positive for the Delta plus variant. We are treating him for that," the official said.
Ganguly, who was discharged on Friday after testing negative for the Omicron variant, will remain in home isolation for the next fortnight under doctors' supervision, he said.
The 49-year-old was rushed to the Woodlands Multispeciality hospital on Monday night as a precautionary measure after his RT-PCR test came positive for COVID-19.
Ganguly received "Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail therapy" after admission.
This was the third time that Ganguly has been hospitalised this year after January, when he was admitted twice after complaining of chest discomfort. Ganguly had actually suffered a heart attack while exercising at his Kolkata home and underwent a right coronary angioplasty.
20 days later, Ganguly had similar chest pain, leading to the second round of angioplasty on January 28. During the process, two stents were placed in two arteries. Ganguly resumed work in March and also got himself fully vaccinated against Covid-19. His brother Snehasish Ganguly had also tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this year.
