This meeting has occurred six times. Nothing has happened in it. Three people say "no update" in turn, and the room moves on to the next status check.
If most people are reporting status, you may not need a meeting
A status update does not need a room, a calendar hold or everyone's attention at once. It needs to be written down somewhere everyone can see it. What actually needs a meeting is a decision — and only some updates come with one attached.
Three questions instead
Replace the meeting with a short form, asked on the same schedule: what changed, what is blocked, and what needs a decision. Responses roll into one view everyone can check on their own time.
The one exception rule
Meet only when an answer needs discussion. If nothing in the form needs a decision made out loud, cancel the meeting. The goal is not fewer humans in the room — it is fewer humans trapped in a room that has nothing left to decide.