As of Monday evening, more than 5,915,630 people in the United States have been infected with the coronavirus and 181,100 have died, according to a New York Times database.

Iran PressAmerica: Case numbers remain persistently high across much of the country, though reports of new cases have dropped considerably since late July when the country averaged well over 60,000 per day. That summer surge began to subside after many states reimposed restrictions on business and gatherings, and as more places required masks to be worn in public.

Deaths, though still well below their peak spring levels, averaged more than 1,000 per day in early and mid-August, more than double the average from early July.

Meanwhile, the White House released criteria for states to reopen based on a 'downward trajectory' of cases over the last 14 days, though it did not define how to measure the trajectory.

The global death toll nears 817,000 with 23,566,502 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.     207/216

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