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US Officially Passes 5 Million Coronavirus Cases

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   The United States surpassed five million coronavirus cases on Sunday,
   the most in the world.

   The figures were released Sunday by Johns Hopkins University, which
   said the U.S. death toll is above 162,000.

   The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has released a model
   predicting nearly 300,000 deaths by December 1 if Americans don't start
   consistently wearing face masks.

   IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray said in a statement that if 95% of
   Americans started wearing masks, more than 66,000 lives would be saved.

   Meanwhile, Brazil has become the second country in the world to pass
   100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, second to the United States.

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