Tom Hanks made a very special appearance in the latest episode of 'Saturday Night Live', weeks after he has recovered from COVID-19. 

Due to the pandemic, the show had to adapt to a new format and promptly changed to 'Saturday Night Live: At Home'. For his part, ET Online reports that the award-winning actor served as the host for the night and helped ease the audience into the new format. He told the people that things were going to look a little different. 

For one, the skits were shot by the actors at their own homes, due to the quarantine. Hanks himself shot his monologue in his own house, where he has been staying after his bout with COVID-19 in Australia. He and his wife Rita were probably the first two celebrities who admitted to testing positive for the infection. They were shooting in Australia when they first started feeling the symptoms. After a few weeks, they were given the go-signal to return to their home in America. 

Now that he has recovered, he has even made jokes about his past condition. He says that after battlingCOVID-19, he feels more like America's dad. This is because he tends to make people uncomfortable and no one wants him to stay very long. Aside from making hokes about his condition, he also poked fun at some of his experiences in Australia, including the infamous Vegemite. Meanwhile, his wife, actress Rita Wilson, has also been busy even while in quarantine. She sang the national anthem for NASCAR from the comforts of their own home. 

The couple is only some of the celebrities who have been struck with the coronavirus. Some of the others who announced they were positive for the infection include Idris Elba and his wife, Sara Bareilles, and Kenny Edmonds and his family. 

While they have survived, unfortunately, some were not able to win their battle against the disease. Some of the celebrities who passed away due to complications with COVID-19 include singer-songwriter John Prince, Grammy-award winning songwriter and singer Adam Schlesinger, Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, and 'Top Ched' winner Floyd Cardoz. 

The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread all over the world. In the latest tally, there are over 1.8 million cases. The United States still has the most number of cases at more than 560,000 and with 22,000 deaths. New York continues to be the epicenter of the virus in the country, with over 189,000 cases and over 9,000 deaths.