Singer Trey

Songz is one of the latest American celebrities to announce that he has contracted

COVID-19.

In a video

message he shared on Monday evening, the singer said that he has tested

positive, and it is a virus that should be taken seriously.

“I’ve taken many tests as I’m protesting, food drives, of course, I have a very young son at home, so I get tested periodically. And this time, unfortunately, this time it came back positive,†he said in the Instagram video.

“7.5 million

Americans have contracted COVID. One out of a thousand black people have died

from it. I will be taking this seriously.â€Â

More than 35

million people in the world have contracted COVID-19, and approximately 7.6 million

of these people are from the United States. There have also been more than

210,000 deaths linked to the virus in the North American country.

View this post on Instagram Down but not out! Stay safe y’all! Wear your mask. Wash your hands. Ÿ™Ÿ¾A post shared by treysongz (@treysongz) on Oct 5, 2020 at 5:04pm PDT

Meanwhile, Trey

said that he will now quarantine at home until he receives a negative test.

In addition

to encouraging others to wear their face masks and wash their hands, Trey revealed

that his grandfather, who died earlier this year, might have contracted the

virus.

“I don’t

know how many of you know, but my grandfather passed earlier this year, and

while it wasn’t said that it was COVID, I do believe it was. So, I’ve always

taken it seriously,†he said, thanking fans for their support.