U.S. CDC reports 5,340,232 coronavirus cases


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  • Monday, 17 Aug 2020

A firefighter tends to a non-COVID-19 patient while wearing protective equipment, against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Houston, Texas, U.S., August 15, 2020. Picture taken August 15, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 5,340,232 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 54,686 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,150 to 168,696.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on Aug. 15 versus its previous report a day earlier. (https://bit.ly/2UkMHx9)

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