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5 things August data says about COVID-19 and the economy

Cases were down and deaths were up as the map changed

There were at least 1.4 million new known COVID-19 cases in the US in August, down 23.9% from the 1.9 million cases in July. COVID-19 related deaths were up 18.3% from 25,500 in July to 30,151 in August. By the end of August, the cumulative count of cases was 5,977,636 and deaths were 182,169.

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