As of 5:45 am on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 dashboard reports the following data: 

                          Global Cases -222,136,320           Global Deaths – 4,590,565

                          U.S. Cases – 40,297,130                  U.S. Deaths – 650,947

A new COVID-19 variant called mu, also knows as B.1.621, has been detected in 49 U.S. state and 42 countries.  Officials are currently monitoring this strain to see if it becomes dominant.