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The global coronavirus infections total is currently 58,563,451, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker – less than 2.5m cases from 60m.
With current daily totals averaging at around 600,000, the global infections total is likely to pass 60m this week – just under three weeks after it passed 50m.
In the US, 1,448 people died on Friday according to Johns Hopkins University – the equivalent of a person every minute, as Bloomberg’s Steven Dennis pointed out on Twitter on Sunday.
The USA COVID death toll run-rate is now *1 per minute.*
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 150k cases, and 889 new deaths. A record 83,870 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/rcKnxXmTyt
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