US Reports Record Number of COVID-19 Fatalities

In the USA, there have been 5,228,817 confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease detected through U.S. public health surveillance systems in 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, reported the U.S. CDC as of August 14, 2020.

Furthermore, the CDC confirmed 166,317 coronavirus related fatalities during 2020. According to the New York Times, about 41% of these fatalities are related to nursing home residents and/or staff.