Coronavirus LIVE Danger still persists, says Modi; India cases near 7.2 mn

A lab technician removes a vaccine bank from a cryostorage during production of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Gamaleya National Research Center in Moscow, on Aug. 6. ( Photo: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg)

Coronavirus update: India on Monday witnessed a major drop of  54,265  new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,175,880 and the death toll reached 109,894. For the fifth day in a row, the number of active Covid-19 cases remained below 900,000.

Coronavirus vaccine update: Johnson & Johnson said it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick. "We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the  Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant," the company said in a statement.
 

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 38,029,249. While 28,587,949 have recovered, 1,085,092 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 8,037,789 cases. It is followed by India, which has 7,175,880 cases, Brazil (5,103,408) and Russia (1,312,310).