Nick Cannon Among Public Figures And Celebs Who Tested Positive For Or Died Due To COVID-19 (Updated January 2021)

1. Nick Cannon Tests Positive For COVID-19, Niecy Nash To Host ‘The Masked Singer’

Nick Cannon is the latest high-profile celebrity to be stricken by the COVID-19 condition. With the media personality and television host taking off time to properly quarantine, Niecy Nash has been tapped to temporarily host The Masked Singer ahead of its upcoming season. Tap Here To Read More

2. Michael Strahan

The former NFL all-pro and now Good Morning America Host tested positive for COVID-19 according to TMZ

3. Dave Chappelle

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4. Karl-Anthony Towns

Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Karl-Anthony Towns is the latest NBA baller to test positive for COVID-19.

Towns revealed the devastating news on Twitter Friday evening (Jan.15). His positive test’s news comes after he just returned from a wrist injury, now he will miss even more time. Towns’ positive COVID-19 diagnosis is personal to him, being that during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, both his mom, Jacqueline Brooks, and dad caught the virus. His father recovered, but his mother passed away due to complications from the coronavirus after being put in a medically induced coma. He later revealed that he lost other family members to COVID-19.

5. Award Winning Journalist and Talk Show Host Larry King

Veteran talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized in Los Angeles with COVID-19.

6. Shemar Moore provides COVID-19 health update

“Covid tried to disrespect a Brutha.. covid is a brutal test… it’s rough!!! oh but I’m riding this quarantine at home out and I’m passing this test DAMMIT!!! Covid ain’t shutting down my swag… SH*T!!! 😅💪🏾🙏🏽🤩 #wearamask (in them streets)😷”

7. Shemar Moore talks about COVID diagnosis and symptoms

Actor Shemar Moore talks about his COVID diagnosis

8. Britney Spears longtime boyfriend, Sam Asghari, tests positive for coronavirus

Sam took to twitter stating, ” 2020 has been a crazy/twisted year for all of us. Recently I tested positive for Covid-19, I was lucky enough to catch the news before being around and infecting my loved ones (friends, family, significant other). I quickly isolated myself and started my quarantine process alone. 🙏🏽”

9. ‘RHOD’ Star D’Andra Simmons Hospitalized with COVID-19

Podcast host Kate Casey took to Twitter to announce ‘RHOD’ Star D’Andra Simmons was hospitalized with COVID-19. Simmons rep confirmed the news to TMZ and went on to say D’Andra’s been admitted into the COVID ward at UT Southwestern Hospital and isn’t doing well.

10. Sharon Osbourne

Talk show host Sharon Osbourne announced that she was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID

11. Queen Sugar Actress carol Sutton

Actress Carol Sutton dies of COVID-19 complications at 76

12. Ashanti

Singer Ashanti tested positive for COVID

13. Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr

Friday Actor Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr passed away reportedly due to COVD related issues

14. Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for COVID

15. Gospel Singer Fred Hammond reveals he has coronavirus.

Gospel Singer Fred Hammond reveals he along with other members of his family have tested positive for COVID-19. He went on to reiterate the importance of masks as he believes he may have been too relaxed a time or two which led to his current diagnosis. 

Hammond also confirmed while he is on day five since testing and had a rough weekend last weekend but is unsure of if the worst has passed. 

Our prayers for a speedy recovery are with Fred Hammon and his family during this time.

16. New England Patriots Quarterback Cam Newton

ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter broke the news that former NFL MVP Cam Newton tested positive with COVID-19 and will sit out this weekends game vs., The Kansas City Chiefs. 

17. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump

President Donald Trump and Melania Trump Test Positive For COVID-19. Click Here For More Details.

18. Giuliana Rancic and Vivica A. Fox

Giuliana Rancic and Vivica A. Fox pulled out of co-hosting E!’s virtual red carpet at the #Emmys after testing positive for coronavirus

19. Natalie Nunn

Bad Girl, Natalie Nunn shares A video from the hospital on Instagram that she has tested positive for Coronavirus 

20. Comedian Tiffany Haddish reveals she tested positive for Coronavirus

Comedian Tiffany Haddish reveals she tested positive for coronavirus during a 34-minute interview about COVID-19  with Dr. Anthony Fauci on her YouTube channel.

“I was working on a movie and someone in the movie contracted coronavirus. I was not in direct contact with them, but they sent all of us home, we stopped the movie. They suggested I go get tested. I got tested, got the results back two days later, they said I didn’t have the coronavirus. READ MORE

21. Robert Pattinson Tests Positive For COVID-19, Halting ‘The Batman’

After an initial report released Thursday (September 4) stated that production on the upcoming film The Batman halted due to a crewmember contracting the virus, Vanity Fair revealed that the crewmember in question was none other than The Batman star Robert Pattinson.

22. The Rock, Wife Lauren & 2 Daughters Tested Positive For COVID-19

In a video shared to his Instagram account on Wednesday (September 2), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced that not only did he test positive for COVID-19 but so did his wife, Lauren Hashian-Johnson and their two daughters. Click here for more

23. Kevin Hart

During a stand-up set over the weekend, Kevin Hart revealed that he battled COVID-19 earlier in the year. Hart shared the shocking revelation with attendees at Dave Chappelle’s An Intimate Socially Distanced Affair in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Hart explained why he didn’t share the news when he was first diagnosed with the virus telling the socially distanced crowd: “The problem is that I had it around the same time as Tom Hanks, and I couldn’t say anything because he’s more famous than I am.” CLICK HERE TO SEE MOREart

24. Usain Bolt

According to TMZ Jamaica’s minister of health, Dr. Chistopher Tufton, has confirmed that the fastest man on earth has indeed tested positive for COVID-19 days after rumors began swirling that he’d been infected. Initially after the rumors started Bolt denied having the Rona but said he’d just been tested and was awaiting the results, but now it’s confirmed he’s self-isolating until he tests negative. Click here to read more

25. Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas from the Real Housewives of Atlanta has contracted COVID-19. Thomas shared the news on Instagram, saying he neglected to social distance and wear a mask. “Let me tell you something, wear your mask, wear gloves, practice social distancing,” the reality star said. 

26. Madonna

Madonna shared on Instagram “When you test positive for anti-bodies it means you HAD the virus which I clearly did as I was sick at the end of my tour in Paris over 7 weeks ago along with many other artists in my show but at the time.”

27. Kanye West

Kanye West shared during an interview with Forbes that he had COVID-19 in February 2020 “I remember someone had told me Drake had the coronavirus and my response was, ‘Drake can’t be sicker than me!'” His symptoms included “chills, shaking in the bed”

28. Marcus Smart

29. Herman Cain

Herman Cain, Former Presidential Candidate, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications At 74. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

30. Shereé Whitfield

31. ABC’s The Bachelor, Colton Underwood

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32. Troy Sneed

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33. Mel Gibson

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34. Russell Westbrook

Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook confirmed the reason why he hasn’t joined the team in Orlando for the NBA restart, he’s tested positive for COVID-19. Westbrook, 31, confirmed the positive diagnosis on Monday, writing, “I tested positive for covid-19 prior to my teams departure to Orlando.” in a tweet that was later deleted CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

35. Real Housewives of New York, Ramona Singer

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36. Jason Collins

Jason Collins, the first openly gay player to ever play in any of four major North American pro sports leagues, tested positive for COVID-19. He tweeted “I tested positive for COVID19. I believe I got it while on a trip to NYC at the beginning of the month for the Brooklyn Nets Pride night game. I had my first symptoms on Wed Mar 11. Terrible headache. A few days later I had a fever and then the cough.”

37. “Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos

38. Bryan Cranston

39. Real Housewives Of Orange County, Shannon Beador

40. Spencer Dinwiddie

41. New York Knicks Owner, James Dolan

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42. Actress Anna Camp

43. Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes the first mayor of a major American city to have tested positive for the virus. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

44. D.L. Hughley

Comedian DL Hughley revealed on Saturday night that he has tested positive for COVID-19, one day after the Original King of Comedy and host of The DL Hughley Show fainted during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday night. Click Here To Learn More.

45. Ezekiel Elliott

According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, several members of the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans have tested positive for COVID-19. Per Rapoport, “none of the players are believed to have been in their team facilities” and that the teams “followed proper health protocols.”

Among those players who tested positive were Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott. Tap Here To Learn More

46. Patrick Ewing

47. Fat Trel

D.C. Rapper Fat Trel shared with his fans and followers that he been confirmed with COVID-19 while in jail after dealing with symptoms. In his Instagram story he posted “#PRAY4GLEESH I GOT CORONA VIRUS 😤😭😤” https://bit.ly/2W9CtQr-e1588193214676

48. Von Miller

It has been a month since COVID-19 effectively changed how we currently live our lives. The sports world has been affected as all major sports leagues are virtually shut down. After Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell became the first two NBA players to test positive for COVID-19, the virus began affecting not only athletes but their family members as well. Now the NFL is being affected by the virus and it happens to be one of the most dominant pass rushers in the league.

Von Miller, the Super Bowl 50 MVP tested positive according to his agent, Joby Branion. He says he’s in “good spirits”. He’s the most prominent figure in the NFL to have tested positive for the virus.

49. Babyface

On his 62nd birthday, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds made a shocking revelation – he and his family were infected with COVID-19.

“I feel so blessed to be able to celebrate another birthday,” he wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “I tested positive for the Covid19 virus, as did my family. It’s an incredibly scary thing to go through my friends.”

50. Bebe Winans

In an interview with SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show the Gospel icon BeBe Winans said: “I don’t know why, but sometimes we believe that, and even myself being cautious, when the outbreak started, I did just a little travel. I was actually in New York and I was like, well, I’m going to Detroit because I had a friend pass and we were having a funeral and just that little travel, I caught it.” BeBe Winans admits in the recent interview that he too had the mentality that he could not contract it and even though he say’s he was cautious somehow got it, but he did not require hospitalization. However in the same interview he revealed that his brother who had also tested positive did require hospital treatment for 4 or 5 days as well as his mother. BeBe also said that although he is a man of faith he admits that you do have to use common sense in the battle of COVID-19. BeBe say’s that he is now on the recovering side of the coronavirus.

51. Marvin Winans

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52. Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne Tests Positive for Coronavirus COVID-19

53. Ali Wentworth

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54. Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne co-founder

Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne co-founder passed due to complications from COVID-19

55. John Prine

56. “Power” Actress Debi Mazar

57. Prince Albert II of Monaco

58. Singer Charlotte Lawrence

59. Record Breaking NFL Kicker Tom Dempsey

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60. P!NK and son Jameson

61. Doris Burke

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62. Rapper YNW Melly

63. Jazz Pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr.

Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis Jr. passed away in Louisiana on April 1 after battling pneumonia brought on by the coronavirus. He was 85. 

64. Brooke Baldwin

65. Designer Jenny Polanco

66. Celebrity Chef Floyd Cardoz

Celebrity Chef Floyd Cardoz Dies of Coronavirus in New Jersey at 59

67. Chris Cuomo

68. Scarface

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69. Prince Charles, Prince Of Wales

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70. Slim Thug

71. Manu Dibango

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72. Boris Johnson

73. Kevin Durant

74. Idris Elba

75. Sabrina Dhowre Elba

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76. DJ Black N Mild

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77. Rudy Gobert

78. Tom Hanks

79. Rita Wilson

80. Donovan Mitchell

81. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

82. Callum Hudson-Odoi of Chelsea during the Premier League

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83. Australia’s former home affairs minister Peter Dutton

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84. Arsenal’s Spanish head coach Mikel Arteta

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85. Francis Suarez

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