As the United States reported over 39,000 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday with over 29,000 cases as daily seven-day moving average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), Wall Street stocks tumbled on Monday with Dow losing more than two per cent in early trade.

US stocks plunge as Delta variant spreads in US; Los Angeles worst-hit

Los Angeles and Californian counties ordered bars to close as Texas governor Greg Abbott said the coronavirus situation had "taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in Texas".

Los Angeles, Texas close bars as coronavirus takes 'very dangerous turn'

US President Donald Trump said his administration will be fast-tracking anti-malarial drugs for use as a treatment against the coronavirus. Also Read: California governor orders residents to stay home amid coronavirus "We're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that's where the FDA has been so great," Trump said.

Trump pitches for fast-tracking anti-malarials to treat coronavirus; FDA on defensive

California Governor Gavin Newsom in a statewide advisory asked residents to "stay home" while declaring that "those that work in critical sectors should go to work" as the coronavirus continued to spead in the state.

California governor orders residents to stay home amid coronavirus

Hundreds of people thronged the Clearwater beach in Florida even as other beaches including Miami and Fort Lauderdale announced they were closing due to the rapid spread of coronavirus in the United States.

Hundreds pack Florida beach despite coronavirus outbreak in US