Lata Mangeshkar shares how people are benefitting from her Shree Mangesh Vaccination fund

Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar took to Twitter and shared a picture from COVID-19 vaccination center and informed about starting free vaccination drive as a part of Shree Mangesh Vaccination Fund. singer through her post on Twitter informed that as a part of ir vaccination fund, y are receiving a good response from people as footfall at center is increasing daily. 

Lata Mangeshkar shares a glimpse of her vaccination fund program

Lata furr wrote that her two sisters Meena and Usha have contributed and supported campaign a lot. singer wrote that fund was initially started by Kalpana Hridaynath and Dr. Dhananjay Kelkar. Lata Mangeshkar has been extending her support to state and its people amid surge in number of cases. Apart from helping in setting up vaccination fund, she had earlier contributed Rs 7 lakh to Maharashtra Chief Minister's relief fund to help combat coronavirus pandemic in state. Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR) of Maharashtra government had shared news on Twitter. "Bharat Ratna @mangeshkarlata has donated Rs 7 lakh to #CMrelieffund #COVID_19 Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has thanked her for help," tweet read.

DGIPR said CM has also appealed to people of state to contribute to fight against COVID-19. Recently, actor-producer Priyanka Chopra donated money and urged global community to help India, which she said is "bleeding" due to second wave of coronavirus pandemic. Many celebrities have stepped forward to help people eir by donating funds or by using ir social media account to amplify SOS calls.

COVID-19 tally in India

single-day rise in coronavirus cases in India fell below 2-lakh mark for second time this month taking total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,75,55,457, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. A total of 1,86,364 new coronavirus infections were reported in a day, lowest in around 44 days, while death toll climbed to 3,18,895 with 3,660 daily deaths, data updated at 8 am showed. Also, 20,70,508 tests were conducted on Thursday taking total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in country to 33,90,39,861.

(With inputs from PTI)

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