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ByMorgan Winsor and Matt Zarrell
Last Updated: August 26, 2020, 6:44 AM EDT

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 814,000 people worldwide.

Over 23.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks.

Since the first cases were detected in China in December, the United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 5.7 million diagnosed cases and at least 177,873 deaths.

Nearly 170 vaccine candidates are being tracked by the World Health Organization. Six of these are in crucial phase three trials, where thousands are being administered vaccine doses.

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Aug 25, 2020, 4:42 AM EDT

US reports less than 500 new deaths for 2nd straight day

There were 38,045 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the United States on Monday, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Monday's tally is well below the country's record set on July 16, when 77,255 new cases were identified in a 24-hour reporting period.

An additional 450 coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded Monday. The latest daily death toll is under the record 2,666 new fatalities that were reported on April 17.

It's the second consecutive day that the country has reported less than 40,000 new cases and fewer than 500 new deaths.

Travelers wearing protective suits, face masks, face shields and gloves walk to the ride share area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 20, 2020.
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A total of 5,740,909 people in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and at least 177,279 of them have died, according to Johns Hopkins. The cases include people from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and other U.S. territories as well as repatriated citizens.

By May 20, all U.S. states had begun lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The day-to-day increase in the country's cases then hovered around 20,000 for a couple of weeks before shooting back up and crossing 70,000 for the first time in mid-July.

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