Here’s the coronavirus death toll through August 5. Note that the US number increased quite a bit from yesterday. This is because Johns Hopkins incorporated the increased count from New Jersey and I followed along. However, that affects only the cumulative total, not the trendline of the past few weeks. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here.
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