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Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, with me, Alison Rourke.
We kick off today as global infections pass 8 million cases. The US has a quarter of those cases (2.1 million). A new forecast by the University on Washington has estimated there may be 201,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States by the beginning of October, mainly due to reopening measures under way. Currently, the death toll there stands at over 116,000.
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