Larry King hospitalized with COVID-19

US talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, CNN reports.

King, 87, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, the source said. According to the source, King's three sons have been unable to visit him due to protocols at the hospital.

King, who has Type 2 diabetes, has confronted many medical issues over the years, including several heart attacks and quintuple bypass surgery in 1987. In 2017, King revealed he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and successfully underwent surgery to treat it. He also underwent a procedure in 2019 to address angina.