Coronavirus LIVE: 350,766 daily cases reported worldwide, highest so far

Coronavirus update: India on Friday registered 73,272 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 6,979,423 and the death toll reached 107,416. For the first time after a month, the total number of active Covid-19 cases in India dipped below the 900,000-mark with 893,000 active cases reported, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.

Coronavirus vaccine update: China has officially joined the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVAX alliance to equitably distribute coronavirus vaccines around the globe, ending speculation that it plans to supply them on its own to developing countries to improve its image dented by the pandemic since it emerged in Wuhan in December last year.

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 37,099,134. While 27,890,943 have recovered, 1,072,605 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 7,864,215 cases. It is followed by India, which has 6,977,008 cases, Brazil (5,057,190 ) and Russia (1,272,238).

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