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COVID-19: Overview on State Statistics; Thursday, May 07, 2020

May 8, 2020

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As COVID-19 wages its war on mankind, making hundreds of thousands ill, and killing unimaginable numbers of people, many keep their eyes on the data hoping the accelerating line will begin to flatten.

The number of Coronavirus cases in Westford* rose to 120 as of May 6.

Here are the state-wide figures:

COVID-19 statistics as of May 7, 2020. COURTESY IMAGE

*Count and Rate (per 100,000) of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Massachusetts by City/Town, January 1, 2020 – May 6, 2020

U.S. COVID-19 numbers

Confirmed

1.29M

+25,696

Recovered

175K

Deaths

76,600

+1,926

GLOBAL DATA (as of May 8)

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