Coronavirus News Highlights| Janta Curfew to be imposed in Maharashtra's Jalgaon from 11 March till 15 March

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Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora took his first shot of the COVID19 vaccine in Delhi

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora took his first shot of the COVID19 vaccine in Delhi today. pic.twitter.com/6soMXJu3CQ

— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2021

Total 10,28,911 vaccine doses were given till 7 pm today, the 53rd day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. A total of 2,40,37,644 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7 pm today: Government of India

Total cases 22,38,398
Total recoveries 20,89,294
Death toll 52,556
Active cases 95,322

Janta Curfew to be imposed from 11th March, 8 pm till 15th March, 8 am in the Municipal corporation limits in Jalgaon. Emergency services, MPSC and other Departments' exams exempted. Enforcement of this order will be the responsibility of Municipal Corporation and Local Police. Violaters will be liable for action under the Epidemic act and other relevant sections of IPC, said Abhijit Raut, Jalgaon (Maharashtra) District Collector. (ANI)

'Janta Curfew' to be imposed from 11th March, 8 pm till 15th March, 8 am in the Municipal corporation limits in Jalgaon. Emergency services, MPSC and other Departments' exams exempted: Abhijit Raut, Jalgaon (Maharashtra) District Collector #COVID19

— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2021

Total cases: 6,41,660
Total recoveries: 6,28,920
Death toll: 10,928
Active cases: 1,812

Total cases 8,90,884
Total recoveries 8,82,670
Death toll 7176

Active cases 1,038

BJP President JP Nadda received his first shot of the COVID19 vaccine in Delhi today. pic.twitter.com/zUzXhTMJQ2

— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2021

The Delhi government on Tuesday announced in its annual budget that the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to people free-of-cost at its hospitals in future phases of the inoculation drive too, and special women mohalla clinics will be opened across the city, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of Independence Day.

Odisha's COVID-19 tallymounted to 3,37,860 on Tuesday as 57 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Thirty-four new cases were reported in quarantine centres, while 23 infections were detected during contacttracing.

Khurda district registered the highest number of new cases at 12, followed by Cuttack (eight) and Sundergarh (seven). The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 1,917 as no fresh fatality was reported. Fifty-three coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far. Odisha now has 722 active cases, while 3,35,168 people have recovered from the disease to date.The state has so far tested over 85.12 lakh samples for COVID-19, including 20,081 on Monday.

A 55-year-old government doctorfrom Madhya Pradesh has died of COVID-19-related complications at a hospital in Chennai, health officials said on Tuesday.Dr Mukesh Jain, who was a pathologist at the Agar Malwa district hospital, tested positive for coronavirus last month following which he was admitted to a hospital in Indore.

He was airlifted to a private medical facility in Chennai on February 12 in a serious condition due to severe infection in his lungs, officials said. He later tested negative for the coronavirus, but because of complications associated with the infection, some of his vital organs stopped functioning, they said.

Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has tested positive for COVID-19. The ace director was shooting Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi in Mumbai’s Goregaon Film City, reports Indian Express.According to a report in the daily, a source close to the film revealed that Bhansali has tested positive for COVID-19 and he is under self quarantine. Click here to read more