Actress Sara Ali Khan recently contributed to the foundation of actor Sonu Sood for the relief works amid the second wave of COVID-19. Sood took to Twitter to thank the actress and called her a ‘hero’.
“Thank you so much my dear Sara Ali Khan for your contribution to the@soodfoundation! Extremely proud of you & keep on doing the good work. You have inspired the youth of the nation to come forward and help during these difficult times. You are a hero,” he wrote.
Many celebrities have been contributing to the fight against COVID-19 and also supporting frontline workers. On Saturday, Raveena Tandon shared pictures of the first batch of oxygen cylinders she had arranged for COVID-19 patients in Delhi. Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna contributed 100 oxygen concentrators recently.
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli raised over Rs 3.5 crore for their fundraiser in a single day. The fund-raising project aims to raise a total of Rs 7 crore to support the country’s fight against the second wave of COVID-19.
India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country's death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 37,23,446, comprising 17.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 81.90 per cent, the data showed.
-with PTI inputs