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COVID-19 Compilation: Part 24 - August 23-29, 2020

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On March 14th, I began posting daily updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. I have used data from worldometer as a primary source for daily and cumulative data, with frequent supplementation from various national and local sites.  This blog post compiles the period of August 23rd through August 29th.  see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more. August 23 | August 24 | August 25 | August 26 | August 27 | August 28 | August 29 AUGUST 23: There were 206,509 new cases worldwide today, including 32,718 in the USA. There were 4,235 deaths worldwide today, including 430 in the USA. Cumulatively, there have now been 23.58 million cases and 812,181 deaths worldwide. In the USA, there have been 5.87 million cases and 180,604 deaths. Standard disclaimers apply to USA numbers; however, today marked the fewest new cases in the USA since June 22nd. For the week of August 15-21, there were 1.73 new cases worldwide, down 6.

COVID-19 Compilation: Part 23 - August 16-22, 2020

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 On March 14th, I began posting daily updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a backbone for this, I have used data from worldometers. I had no particular plan at the time, but as things have evolved I have kept going at one post per day, eventually settling on a more or less standard format and one topic per day. This blog post compiles the period of August 16th through August 22nd. I have corrected some typos, augmented with links to original sources, and used some basic html to improve formatting; otherwise these are presented as-is from the original posts. see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more. August 16 | August 17 | August 18 | August 19 | August 20 | August 21 | August 22 AUGUST 16: There were 216,926 new cases worldwide today, including 37,682 in the USA. There were 4,543 deaths worldwide today, including 521 in the USA. Cumulatively, there have now been 21.85 million cases and 772,779 deaths worldwid

COVID-19 Compilation: Part 22 - August 9-15, 2020

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On March 14th, I began posting daily updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a backbone for this, I have used data from worldometers. I had no particular plan at the time, but as things have evolved I have kept going at one post per day, eventually settling on a more or less standard format and one topic per day. This blog post compiles the period of August 9th through August 15th. I have corrected some typos, augmented with links to original sources, and used some basic html to improve formatting; otherwise these are presented as-is from the original posts. see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more. August 9 | August 10 | August 11 | August 12 | August 13 | August 14 | August 15 AUGUST 9: There were 219,598 new cases worldwide today, including 47,849 in the USA. The new cases worldwide bring the overall number, per worldometer, over 20 million cases overall. There were 4,798 deaths worldwide today, including 534

COVID-19 Compilation: Part 21 - August 2-8, 2020

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On March 14th, I began posting daily updates to my facebook page, regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a backbone for this, I have used data from worldometers. I had no particular plan at the time, but as things have evolved I have kept going at one post per day, eventually settling on a more or less standard format and one topic per day. This blog post compiles the period of August 2nd through August 8th. I have corrected some typos, augmented with links to original sources, and used some basic html to improve formatting; otherwise these are presented as-is from the original posts. see  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/  for more August 2 | August 3 | August 4 | August 5 | August 6 | August 7 | August 8 AUGUST 2: "Wrong! We have more cases because we have tested far more than any other country, 60,000,000. If we tested less, there would be less cases." -- Donald J Trump on twitter , responding to testimony by Dr. Anthony Fauci. Never