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|Articles|December 4, 2020
Coronavirus case numbers in the United States: DECEMBER 4 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 December 4:
Positive tests: 13,921,312
Negative tests: 157,030,850
Number of hospitalized patients: 100,667
Patient deaths: 267,228
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