Kym Marsh is set to miss one week of Strictly Come Dancing after testing positive for Covid-19, the BBC has confirmed.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the broadcaster said: ‘Kym Marsh has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, Kym and Graziano will not be taking part in Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.’
They added that the guidance surrounding positive coronavirus cases means that if Kym is negative by the following week, she should be able to come back.
‘Strictly Come Dancing protocols mean that all being well, they will return the following week,’ they said.
This year, several of the previous restrictions put in place on Strictly as a result of the pandemic were removed, including plastic barriers between the judges and the absence of a studio audience.
Hear’Say singer and Coronation Street actress Kym was last seen on the dancefloor this past Saturday, when she performed a passionate Paso Doble with her partner Graziano Di Prima.
Despite being second from the bottom of the leaderboard with a score of 33 out of a possible 40, Kym and Graziano managed to avoid the dance-off.
Instead, Tyler West and Dianne Buswell landed in the bottom two opposite Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu, with the former pair being the chosen couple to be sent home by the judges.
Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday at 7.15pm on BBC One.
