What you need to know about coronavirus on Friday, August 7 – CNN

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(CNN)More than 19 million people around the world have now been infected with the coronavirus, and 715,024 have died. The number of new daily cases has topped 200,000 — a level not seen before July — for 23 days in row.
In India, the number of infections surpassed 2 million today. The speed at which the virus has sprea…

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