Coronavirus: India reports 1.32 lakh new cases, 2,713 deaths over past 24 hours

9.39 am: As many as 35,74,33,846 samples have been tested in the country so far for the coronavirus disease, including 20,75,428 samples tested on Thursday, says Indian Council of Medical Research.

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9.32 am: India reports 1,32,364 new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s tally since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 2,85,74,350. The toll rises by 2,713 to 3,40,702. As many as 2,65,97,655 people have recovered from the infection. India now has 16,35,993 active cases of the coronavirus.

9.25 am: Japan is donating more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to Taiwan, reports AFP.

“We have received requests from various countries and areas for the provision of vaccines,” says Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. “At this point, we have finished the arrangement for the request from Taiwan. And we will deliver free of charge 1.24 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines that have been produced in Japan.”

9.20 am: K VijayRaghavan, principal scientific advisor to the government, warns that India could face another surge in coronavirus cases if the population is “lulled into complacence” amid decline in infections, reports The Hindu.

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