Gospel singer Sandi Patty tests positive for COVID-19

Gospel singer Sandi Patty announced that she has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

In an Instagram video, American singer said that she has been travelling a lot for a couple of weeks and she "hadn't felt well."

"When I got off the road on March 7th and the 8th, I came back to Oklahoma city and I really have been at home since then," Sandi, who was seen sitting on a sofa chair, said.

She added that she often visited her community church in Oklahoma, but she hasn't been there since she arrived.

 

 

 

 

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Friends - Today I received confirmation that I tested positive for COVID19. I am at home and Don and I are under quarantine for the next 14 days. I’m so impressed with how our Health Department handled my case and grateful for their attentiveness. They are working so hard right now to keep us all safe. WE MUST DO OUR PART. This is not fake news. If you are not already practicing social distancing and STAYING HOME, DO SO NOW! This is what we can all do. This is how we stop the spread. God has given us faith, but he’s also given us wisdom. He has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and of a sound mind. I will keep you posted as I can. (Oh! And cough in your elbow, not your hand ????)

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Mar 17, 2020 at 6:21pm PDT

"Usually I'm at Crossings Community Church during the week and I get to work with a lot of people. As this played out, I'm thankful, I wasn't around anybody at Crossings," she said.

Sandi detailed that the only person who was around her during the time she came back from her travels was her "extroverted" husband Don.

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At present, the two are currently on home quarantine.

The gospel singer had a message to the public. "This is not fake news. This is real. This is everything that they say that it is. And we just got to take it seriously."

She continued, "When we make the right choice to quarantine ourselves, not only are we protecting ourselves and thinking about ourselves, it's the right decision for everybody else too."

Sandi is a multi-decorated singer who has won five Grammy awards, four Billboard Music Awards, and forty Dove Awards.

The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Over 179,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide and more than 7,000 people have died as of Tuesday. --Angelica Y. Yang/MGP, GMA News