The Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation on Thursday announced that no vaccination drive will be held at centres on Friday, August 13.

Both TMC and KDMC had announced no vaccination drive on Friday giving non-availability of stock in the centres, which are not made available from the government. Hence, on prior basis they had announced the cancelation of the drive for the safety and convenience of the citizens.

Madhvi Pophale, public relation officers, KDMC confirmed about no vaccination drive is over shortage of the stock and said further announcement will be made as per the availability.

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With the addition of 253 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 5,47,408, an official said on Thursday.

These new cases were reported on Wednesday, he said.

The virus also claimed the lives of seven more people, which pushed the death toll in the district to 11,150, he said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 2.03 per cent.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,33,835, while the death toll has reached 3,220, another official said.

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