The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard for Friday morning, July 23, at 9:36 a.m.:

Worldwide cases:  15,628,936    Worldwide deaths: 636,262

U.S. cases:  4,084,551   U.S. deaths: 144,954  

According to the Dashboard, the reported worldwide cases increased by 327,406 in the last 26 hours, and 11,257 deaths due to COVID-19 were reported.  These numbers are higher than the recent counts.

According to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, the United States has added 86,292 cases in the last 26 hours, and deaths attributed to COVID-19 have increased by 1,253.  Cases are increasing at a greater number than in the past weeks, and the daily death toll has been more than 1,000 for two days, according to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard.

Our neighbors in North America:  Canada has 112,672 cases and 8,878 deaths.  Mexico has 378,285 reported cases and 41,908 deaths, but reported more than 700 new deaths and at least 8,400 cases in 24 hours as the country’s epidemic grows.  According to the Johns Hopkins Testing Tracker, Mexico is only testing around 3 out of every 100,000 people, whereas the United States tests around 171 people out of every 100,000.  Canada is testing around 75 people out of every 100,000.

Worldometer says nearly 2 million people in the U.S. have recovered from COVID-19.