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Live Updates: India Confirms 152,879 New COVID-19 Cases, Setting Another Daily Record

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The global coronavirus tally is now over 133 million cases, with the number of fatalities approaching the 3 million mark, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University.

The US remains the worst-hit nation, with well over 31 million coronavirus cases, while at least 560,000 Americans have died during the pandemic. Next comes Brazil with over 13 million cases and over 345,000 deaths.

Meanwhile, India has the third-highest number of COVID-19 infections (almost 13 million cases and around 166,000 deaths), while Mexico has the third-highest death toll in the world - over 206,000 fatalities, with around 2.2 million infected.

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All five of the vaccine candidates, which also include Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, Novavax, Zydus Cadillac, and Bharat Biotech's intranasal vaccine, will be available for public use by October, as per sources.

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