US closes in on 5M reported coronavirus cases

Published August 6, 2020 10:30pm ET



The United States is edging closer to 5 million coronavirus cases.

On Thursday evening, the number of confirmed cases surpassed 4.8 million and is expected to reach 5 million by early Friday. The five-day average of new daily cases in the U.S. is currently about 53,000, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins University.

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