India's Ministry of Health recorded another daily record of 90,802 cases on Monday, raising the total to over 4.2 million and overtaking Brazil as the second hardest-hit country.

According to a Reuters report, COVID-19 cases are growing in 22 of the US states as the country celebrates its Labor Day weekend at the end of summer.

According to Johns Hopkins University, the world's coronavirus infections have reached 27.1 million, over 18.1 million people have recovered and more than 883,000 have died.

At least 200 UN staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Syria, according to a leaked document, as the organisation steps up efforts to contain the spread of the disease in the war-torn country.