Jordyn Woods’ boyfriend, Karl-Anthony Towns, has tested positive for Covid-19

The 25-year-old sportsman - who has had several relatives die from coronavirus since the pandemic began last year - has begged everyone to take the virus “seriously” after his heartbreaking losses and vowed to “beat” the illness.

In a statement on his Instagram page, the NBA player wrote: “Prior to tonight's game, I received yet another awful call that I tested positive for COVID.

I will immediately isolate and follow every protocol. I pray every day that this nightmare of a virus will subside and I beg everyone to continue to take it seriously by taking all the necessary precautions.

We cannot stop the spread of this virus alone, it must be a group effort by us all.

“It breaks my heart that my family, and particularly my father and sister continue to suffer from the anxiety that comes along with this diagnosis as we know all too well what the end result could be.

To my niece and nephew, Jolani and Maxi, I promise you I will not end up in a box next to grandma and I will beat this.”

Jordyn commented: “Praying for you baby. You got this. God's got you.”

Karl-Anthony - whose father also tested positive but has recovered - previously vowed to do everything in his power to protect his loved ones from the virus.

He said: “I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom. Last night I got a call that I lost my uncle. I feel like I've been hardened a little bit by life and humbled.

I have a lot of people who have - in my family and my mom's family - gotten Covid. I'm the one looking for answers still, trying to find how to keep them healthy. It’s just a lot of responsibility on me to keep my family well-informed and to make all the moves necessary to keep them alive.”

Blake Shelton wants to shed 10 pounds before he walks down the aisle with Gwen Stefani.

The 44-year-old country star and ‘Hollaback Girl’ hitmaker got engaged in October after five years together, and the singer has vowed to lose weight to look his best on their wedding day.

Blake added that he’s readjusted all of the mirrors in the couple’s home to make himself look slimmer.

Speaking on Luke Bryan’s Apple Music show 'Party Barn Radio’, he spilled: “I feel like if I say 10, I have to do it. So, 10. It’s out there now, I can’t let people down.

“I’ve readjusted all the mirrors in the house. So they look like you when you’re taking a selfie from up above because you can’t even stand and look at myself in the mirror.

“I’ve rearranged them or they’re kind of angled down, looking down at me. So I’m looking up and it’s not so bad.”

Meanwhile, Gwen recently admitted the pair had “a lot of healing to do” before they got engaged.

The 51-year-old singer said their decision to take their romance to the next level wasn’t an easy one, as they had “a lot to consider” when it comes to their future.

She said: "I think there was a lot to consider when you have so many people involved. Children, and their hearts, and everybody in my family [and] his family, we all went through a lot together.

“So I think in a romantic way, when you fall in love so hard and so unexpectedly - and so late in your life - you think 'I want to marry you!' That's the first romantic reaction, like, 'Let's get married.’ So we always talked about it, of course, and I think that as the years were going by, it didn't need to happen. There was a lot of healing to do."

And although they spent a long time discussing the next stages of their romance, Gwen – who has sons Kingston, 14, Zuma, 12, and Apollo, six, with her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale – said Blake’s proposal was “natural”.

She added: ”It's funny because he basically had the ring and it was right around my birthday. I was getting a little bit anxious ... because I started having a little insecurity and so it was right on time."

Blake and Gwen first met when they worked together on 'The Voice' in 2014, and the following year, their friendship turned romantic as they leaned on each other for support following the breakdown of their respective marriages to actress Miranda Lambert and Bush frontman Gavin.