CMS chief says outcomes-based pay can help patients while finally ending physicians' box-checking frustration.
|Articles|August 21, 2020
Coronavirus case numbers in the United States: AUGUST 21 update
Author(s)Logan Lutton
Data from the COVID tracking project on coronavirus cases, test results and more.
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How many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were announced today?
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Here’s the latest data, updated on August 21:
Positive tests: 5,546,172
Negative tests: 64,034,504
Pending tests: 4,170
Number of hospitalized patients: 41,968
Patient deaths: 166,128
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