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|Articles|August 6, 2020
Coronavirus case numbers in the United States: AUGUST 6 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 6:
Positive tests: 4,797,959
Negative tests: 54,123,016
Pending tests: 3,842
Number of hospitalized patients: 53,339
Patient deaths: 150,232
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