Shah Rukh Khan tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5th. Katrina Kaif too tested positive recently, claimed several reports, and had to skip IIFA 2022 ceremony, where her husband, actor Vicky Kaushal, was declared the best actor. On June 4th, actor Kartik Aryan announced that he was Covid-19 positive. On the same day it was reported that actor Aditya Roy Kapur, who was gearing up for the release of his upcoming film `Om: The Battle Within,` tested positive for the virus. Just a week after Akshay Kumar announced he canceled his visit to the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival after he tested positive. Maharashtra on June 5th reported over 1,400 Covid-19 cases and Mumbai (961 new cases) accounted for almost 60 per cent of the state`s total cases. Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray asked people to wear masks and not to panic amid the spiralling cases. He said “There is no need to panic; fatalities are not increasing. I appeal to the public to wear a face mask and receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine,”.