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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of August 18, 2021, at 5:00pm EST.

On Wednesday, health officials in the UK logged 33,904 new infections, numbers not seen in nearly 4 weeks. Of the cumulative 6.3 million confirmed positive cases, 77.5% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 111, bringing the total number of fatalities to 131,260.

Globally, over 209 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 188 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 4.3 million worldwide.