<p>Legendary talk show host Larry King is in a hospital here with Covid-19, multiple US media outlets reported on Sunday.</p>.<p>The 87-year-old former CNN interviewer has been at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for over a week, the reports said.</p>.<p>Representatives for King have not publicly commented on his hospitalisation, and details of his current condition are unclear.</p>.<p>"Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he's a champ," a source told CNN.</p>.<p>News of King's hospitalisation came as emergency officials in California said hospitals were treating an unprecedented number of Covid-19 patients.</p>.<p>The US state of California has reported 2,356,724 confirmed cases and 26,550 deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported.</p>.<p>King, who has Type 2 diabetes, has confronted a series of medical issues over the years, including several heart attacks and quintuple bypass surgery in 1987, CNN reported.</p>.<p>In 2017, King revealed he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and successfully underwent surgery. He also underwent a procedure in 2019 to address angina.</p>.<p>King became a household name after he hosted CNN's "Larry King Live" for 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people.</p>.<p>He retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000 episodes of the show. But he could not stay off the airwaves for long.</p>.<p>In 2012, he became the host of "Larry King Now," a thrice-weekly show on Ora TV, an on-demand digital network he co-founded with Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim, according to Forbes.</p>.<p>In a career spanning over 60 years, King has multiple accolades, including two Peabody Awards and an Emmy.</p>.<p>Two of his five children also died last year within weeks of each other - one from a heart attack, another from lung cancer.</p>.<p>In 1988 he founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.</p>.<p>In less than 11 months, Covid-19 has killed more than 349,000 people in the US.</p>.<p>A total of 125,379 people were hospitalised with Covid-19 on Thursday, more than any other day of the pandemic, according to the Covid Tracking Project.</p>.<p>The number of patients topped 125,000 on Friday as well, but dipped slightly on Saturday to 123,639. The US has now remained above 100,000 hospitalisations for 32 straight days.</p>
<p>Legendary talk show host Larry King is in a hospital here with Covid-19, multiple US media outlets reported on Sunday.</p>.<p>The 87-year-old former CNN interviewer has been at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for over a week, the reports said.</p>.<p>Representatives for King have not publicly commented on his hospitalisation, and details of his current condition are unclear.</p>.<p>"Larry has fought so many health issues in the last few years and he is fighting this one hard too, he's a champ," a source told CNN.</p>.<p>News of King's hospitalisation came as emergency officials in California said hospitals were treating an unprecedented number of Covid-19 patients.</p>.<p>The US state of California has reported 2,356,724 confirmed cases and 26,550 deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported.</p>.<p>King, who has Type 2 diabetes, has confronted a series of medical issues over the years, including several heart attacks and quintuple bypass surgery in 1987, CNN reported.</p>.<p>In 2017, King revealed he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and successfully underwent surgery. He also underwent a procedure in 2019 to address angina.</p>.<p>King became a household name after he hosted CNN's "Larry King Live" for 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people.</p>.<p>He retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000 episodes of the show. But he could not stay off the airwaves for long.</p>.<p>In 2012, he became the host of "Larry King Now," a thrice-weekly show on Ora TV, an on-demand digital network he co-founded with Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim, according to Forbes.</p>.<p>In a career spanning over 60 years, King has multiple accolades, including two Peabody Awards and an Emmy.</p>.<p>Two of his five children also died last year within weeks of each other - one from a heart attack, another from lung cancer.</p>.<p>In 1988 he founded the Larry King Cardiac Foundation, a charity which helps to fund heart treatment for those with limited financial means or no medical insurance.</p>.<p>In less than 11 months, Covid-19 has killed more than 349,000 people in the US.</p>.<p>A total of 125,379 people were hospitalised with Covid-19 on Thursday, more than any other day of the pandemic, according to the Covid Tracking Project.</p>.<p>The number of patients topped 125,000 on Friday as well, but dipped slightly on Saturday to 123,639. The US has now remained above 100,000 hospitalisations for 32 straight days.</p>