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COVID Deaths (CDC Interpretive Summary for August 20, 2021)
The current 7-day moving average of new deaths (641) has increased 10.8% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (578). The current 7-day moving average is 47.1% lower compared to the peak observed on July 30, 2020 (1,211).
The current 7-day moving average is 82.4% lower than the peak observed on January 13, 2021 (3,644) and is 237.4% higher than the lowest value observed on July 10, 2021 (190).
As of August 18, a total of 623,244 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the United States.