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Global coronavirus cases have passed 8 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. Cases now stand at 8,001,138, with deaths at 434,849.
The US accounts for more than a quarter of all cases, with 2,110,736 infections. It has 116,090 deaths.
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