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08 August 2020The cases of coronavirus contagion in the United States are still growing sharply, according to the latest counts of Johns Hopkins University: in the 24 hours the new infections have increased by over 59 thousand units, bringing the total number to 4.96 million . The number of victims also continues to increase: 1318 in one day, to a total of 161,097. Since the start of the pandemic, 1,623,870 people have healed in the country. The US continues to be in first place in the world ranking for the effects of the coronavirus.

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Over 19.3 million infections in the world and 720 thousand victims
The death toll caused by the coronavirus globally has exceeded the threshold of 720 thousand, while the total number of infections has exceeded 19.3 million. This is what emerges from the counts of Johns Hopkins University. According to the new data, the deaths in the world since the beginning of the pandemic are 720,074 to date compared to 19,306,868 infections. So far 11,682,733 people have healed overall.