213 countries approach 86 million cases and 1.9 million deaths. Recovery has averaged 97%. Deaths have averaged 3%. Mild cases are 99.4% Serious cases are 0.6%.
Deaths averaged 8388 per day and Cases averaged 386631 per day over 220 days since 5/28/20.
As of 1/3/21 at 9 am ET, global case gain moves to 0.7% and %deaths/cases remains at 2.2%.
Global Cases
Gain % Deaths % Deaths/Day
1/3/21 85058807
594715 0.7% 1845300
2.2 8051
1/2/21 84464092
529927 0.6% 1837249
2.2 9006
1/1/21 83934165 727844
0.9% 1828243 2.2 12983
12/31/20
83206321 754298 0.9%
1815260 2.2 15634
12/30/20
82452023 640304 0.8%
1799626 2.2 15097
12/29/20
81811719 579975 0.7%
1784529 2.2 10653
12/28/20
81231744 426083 0.5%
1773876 2.2 7150
12/27/20
80805661 509968 0.6%
1766726 2.2 7193
12/26/20
80295693 444794 0.6%
1759533 2.2 7828
12/25/20
79850899 661313 0.8%
1751705 2.2 11307
12/24/20
79189586 700374 0.9%
1740398 2.2 13688
12/23/20
78489212 660746 0.9%
1726710 2.2 15069
12/22/20
77828466 560224 0.7%
1711641 2.2 9958
12/21/20
77268242 545035 0.7%
1701683 2.2 7619
12/20/20
76723207 590040 0.8%
1694064 2.2 10154
12/19/20
76133167 697720 0.9%
1683910 2.2 12441
12/18/20
75435447 750365 1.0% 1671469
2.2 13227
12/17/20
74685082 744460 1.1% 1658242 2.2 13442
12/16/20
73940622 611888 0.8%
1644800 2.2 13934
12/15/20
73328734 593767 0.8%
1630866 2.2 10212
12/14/20
72734967 514476 0.7%
1620654 2.2 6786
12/13/20
72220491 666544 0.9%
1613868 2.2 9982
12/12/20
71553947 699217 1.0%
1603886 2.2 12532
12/11/20
70854730 1478127 2.1% 1591354 2.3 12860
12/10/20
69376603 673496 1.0%
1578494 2.3 12406
12/9/20 68703107
646710 1.0% 1566088
2.3 12749
12/8/20 68056397
555773 0.8% 1553339
2.3 9547
12/7/20 67500624
501919 0.8% 1543792
2.3 6835
12/6/20 66998705
628137 1.0% 1536957
2.3 9689
12/5/20 66370568
675598 1.0% 1527267
2.3 12314
12/4/20 65694970
709758 1.1% 1514953
2.3 12698
12/3/20 64985212
655118 1.0% 1502255
2.3 12805
12/2/20 64330094
629373 1.0% 1489450
2.3 12867
12/1/20 63700721
514604 0.8% 1476583
2.3 9310
11/30/20
63186117 456360 0.7%
1467273 2.3 6280
11/29/20
62729757 609681 1.0%
1460993 2.3 9128
11/28/20
62120076 669854 1.1%
1451865 2.3 11260
11/27/20
61450322 587771 1.0%
1440605 2.3 10810
11/26/20
60862551 604501 1.0%
1429795 2.4 11732
11/25/20
60255050 599938 1.0%
1418063 2.4 13284
11/24/20
59655112 557490 0.9%
1404779 2.4 9184
11/23/20
59097622 484627 0.8%
1395595 2.4 6885
11/22/20
58612995 583788 1.0%
1388710 2.4 8622
11/21/20
58029207 644135 1.1%
1380088 2.4 11578
11/20/20
57385072 668931 1.2%
1368510 2.4 10796
11/19/20
56716141 638806 1.1%
1357714 2.4 11466
11/18/20
56077335 579782 1.1%
1346248 2.4 11265
11/17/20
55497553 557944 1.0%
1334983 2.4 8678
11/16/20
54939609 487311 0.9%
1326305 2.4 6019
11/15/20
54452298 582816 1.1%
1320286 2.4 8529
11/14/20
53869482 639664 1.2%
1311757 2.4 10027
11/13/20
53229818 661785 1.3% 1301730 2.5
9889
11/12/20
52568033 648053 1.3% 1291841 2.5 10146
11/11/20
51919980 559314 1.1%
1281695 2.5 10294
11/10/20
51360666 486895 1.0%
1271401 2.5 4351
11/9/20 50873771
495972 1.0% 1264050
2.5 5984
11/8/20 50377799
576181 1.2% 1258066
2.5 7207
11/7/20 49801618
630337 1.3% 1250859
2.5 8981
11/6/20 49171281
595042 1.2% 1241878
2.5 8844
11/5/20 48576239
593830 1.2% 1233034
2.5 10351
11/4/20 47982409
553548 1.2% 1222683
2.6 9439
11/3/20 47428861
463933 1.0% 1213244
2.6 6173
11/2/20 46964928
471348 1.0% 1207071
2.6 5169
11/1/20 46493580
462801 1.0% 1201902
2.6 6207
10/31/20
46030779 714195 1.6%
1195695 2.6 9958
10/30/20
45316584 548547 1.2%
1185727 2.6 7157
10/29/20
44768037 410366 0.9%
1178570 2.6 4762
10/28/20
44357671 499853 1.1%
1173808 2.7 8308
10/27/20
43857818 421232 1.0%
1165500 2.7 5084
10/26/20
43436586 409159 1.0%
1160416 2.7 4405
10/25/20
43027427 450649 1.1%
1156011 2.7 5334
10/24/20
42576778 490228 1.2%
1150677 2.7 6422
10/23/20
42086550 515717 1.2%
1144255 2.7 6552
10/22/20
41570833 476166 1.2%
1137703 2.7 7153
10/21/20
41094667 373780 0.9%
1130550 2.8 6323
10/20/20
40720887 368091 0.9%
1124227 2.8 4864
10/19/20
40352796 302282 0.8%
1119363 2.8 3536
10/18/20
40050514 394367 1.0%
1115827 2.8 5577
10/17/20
39656147 404751 1.0%
1110250 2.8 6092
10/16/20
39251396 434463 1.1% 1104158 2.8
6121
10/15/20
38816933 371760 1.0%
1098037 2.8 5862
10/14/20
38445173 345149 0.9%
1092175 2.8 5761
10/13/20
38100024 293353 0.8%
1086414 2.9 4175
10/12/20
37806671 283577 0.8%
1082239 2.9 3835
10/11/20
37523094 355292 1.0%
1078404 2.9 4780
10/10/20
37167802 365257 1.0%
1073624 2.9 6073
10/9/20 36802545
353273 1.0% 1067551
3.0 6062
10/8/20 36449272
352189 1.0% 1061489
3.0 5850
10/7/20 36097083
319561 0.9% 1055639
3.0 5943
10/6/20 35777522
335946 1.0% 1049696
3.0 7117
10/5/20 35441576
258931 0.7% 1042579
3.0 3769
10/4/20 35182645
317449 0.9% 1038810
3.0 5027
10/3/20 34865196
324644 0.9% 1033783
3.0 5215
10/2/20 34540552
334035 1.0% 1028568
3.0 8940
10/1/20 34206517
314986 0.9% 1019628
3.0 6073
9/30/20 33891531
301211 0.9% 1013555
3.0 6328
9/29/20 33590320
75516 0.2% 1007227
3.0 1697
9/28/20 33514804
413539 1.3% 1005530
3.0 6105
9/27/20 33101265
305447 0.9% 999425
3.0 5409
9/26/20 32795818
337826 1.0% 994016
3.0 5493
9/25/20 32457992
320884 1.0% 988523
3.1 5805
9/24/20 32137108
336818 1.1% 982718
3.1 6949
9/23/20 31800290
282840 0.9% 975769
3.1 5695
9/22/20 31517450
254090 0.8% 970074
3.1 4678
9/21/20 31263360
239204 0.8% 965396
3.1 3332
9/20/20 31024156
291037 1.0% 962064
3.1 4895
9/19/20 30733119
353592 1.2% 957169
3.1 6025
9/18/20 30379527
314435 1.1% 951144
3.1 5566
9/17/20 30065092
308916 1.0% 945578
3.2 5872
9/16/20 29756176
281208 1.0% 939706
3.2 6283
9/15/20 29474968
257762 0.9% 933423
3.2 4357
9/14/20 29217206
249912 0.9% 929066
3.2 3986
9/13/20 28967294
275665 1.0% 925080
3.2 4620
9/12/20 28691629
337170 1.2% 920460
3.2 6160
9/11/20 28354459
298339 1.1% 914300
3.2 5650
9/10/20 28056120
285854 1.0% 908651
3.2 6108
9/9/20 27770266
253671 0.9% 902543
3.3 5117
9/8/20 27516595
205490 0.8% 897426
3.3 3982
9/7/20 27311105
224347 0.8% 893444
3.3 9340
9/6/20 27086758
255130 1.0% 884104
3.3 4451
9/5/20 26831628
341920 1.3% 879653
3.3 6099
9/4/20 26489708
284002 1.1% 873554
3.3 5661
9/3/20 26205706
270855 1.0% 867893
3.3 5977
9/2/20 25934851
272760 1.1% 861896
3.3 6544
9/1/20 25662091
248481 1.0% 855352 3.3
4273
8/31/20 25413610
221794 0.9% 851079
3.4 3943
8/30/20 25191816
248497 1.0% 847136
3.4 5109
8/29/20 24943319
292193 1.1% 842027
3.4 5698
8/28/20 24661126
297417 1.2% 836329
3.4 5977
8/27/20 24363709
271000 1.1%
830352 3.4 6458
8/26/20 24092709
256052 1.1% 824194
3.4 6588
8/25/20 23836657
223681 0.9% 817606
3.4 4619
8/24/20 23612676
211274 0.9% 812987
3.4 3992
8/23/20 23401402
252954 1.1% 808995
3.5 5212
8/22/20 23148448
259900 1.1% 803783
3.5 6182
8/21/20 22888548
277686 1.2% 797601
3.5 5927
8/20/20 22610862
276110 1.2% 791674
3.5 6799
8/19/20 22334752
240110 1.1% 784875
3.5 6656
8/18/20 22094642
242942 1.1% 778219
3.5 4648
8/17/20 21851700
210948 1.0% 773571
3.5 4101
8/16/20 21640752
253018 1.2% 769470
3.6 5363
8/15/20 21387734
286759 1.4% 764107
3.6 6093
8/14/20 21100965
264626 1.3% 758014
3.6 10149
8/13/20 20836339
284298 1.4% 747865
3.6 1225*
8/12/20 20552041
271607 1.3% 746640
3.6 6880
8/11/20 20280434
235911 1.2% 739760
3.6 5270
8/10/20 20044523
209778 1.1% 734490
3.7 4280
8/9/20 19834735
258738 1.3% 730210
3.7 5457
8/8/20 19575997
288510 1.5% 724753
3.7 6463
8/7/20 19287487
281103 1.5% 718290
3.7 6421
8/6/20 19006384
273397 1.5% 711869
3.7 6827
8/5/20 18732987
256685 1.4% 705042
3.8 6818
8/4/20 18476302
217280 1.2% 698224
3.8 4822
8/3/20 18259022
207470 1.1% 693402 3.8
3926
8/2/20 18051552
257723 1.4% 689476
3.8 5679
8/1/20 17793829
280591 1.6% 683797
3.8 6243
7/31/20 17513238
299970 1.7% 677554
3.9 6647
7/30/20 17213268
289986 1.7% 670907
3.9 6714
7/29/20 16923282
249235 1.5% 664193
3.9 6917
7/28/20 16674047
227115 1.4% 657276
3.9 4424
7/27/20 16446932
213653 1.3% 652852
4.0 3718
7/26/20
16233279 268556
1.7% 649134 4.0
5963
7/25/20 15964723
283706 1.8% 643171
4.0 5974
7/24/20 15681017
280139 1.8% 637197
4.1 6416
7/23/20 15400878
283800 1.9% 630781
4.1 10748
7/22/20 15117078
234782 1.6% 620033
4.1 6033
7/21/20 14882296
214005 1.5% 614000
4.1 4489
7/20/20 14668291
217975 1.5% 609511
4.2 3924
7/19/20 14450316
228917 1.6% 605587
4.2 5455
7/18/20 14221399
237804 1.7% 600132
4.2 6649
7/17/20 13983595
256207 1.9% 593483
4.2 5807
7/16/20 13727388
248775 1.8% 587676
4.3 5966
7/15/20 13478613
212432 1.6% 581710
4.3 5426
7/14/20 13266181
204034 1.5% 576284
4.3 4072
7/13/20 13062147
193068 1.5% 572212
4.4 3921
7/12/20 12869079
215806 1.7% 568291
4.4 4798
7/11/20 12653273 232550 1.9%
563493 4.5 5402
7/10/20 12420723
222348 1.8% 558091
4.5 5306
7/9/20 12198375
217780 1.8% 552785
4.5 5464
7/8/20 11980595
205291 1.8% 547321
4.6 5800
7/7/20 11772304
185524 1.6% 541521
4.6 4149
7/6/20 11586780
176333 1.5% 537372
4.6 3208
7/5/20 11410447
199774 1.8% 534164
4.7 4676
7/4/20 11210673
191766 1.7% 529488
4.7 4660
7/3/20 11018907
185777 1.7% 524828
4.8 5257
7/2/20 10833130
218777 2.1% 519571
4.8 4949
7/1/20 10614353
180916 1.7% 514622
4.8 5817
6/30/20 10433437
158205 1.5% 508805
4.9 3735
6/29/20 10275232
117757 1.2% 505070
4.9 2488
6/28/20
10157475 231566
2.3% 502582 4.9 5237
6/27/20 9925909
192291 2.0% 497345 5.0
5087
6/26/20
9733618 182111 1.9% 492258 5.1
6835
6/25/20
9551507 177612 1.9% 485423 5.1 5253
6/24/20 9373895 153543 1.7% 480170 5.1
5171
6/23/20
9220352 147710 1.6% 474999 5.2
3823
6/22/20
9072642
126868 1.4% 471176 5.2
3870
6/21/20 8945774 159182 1.8% 467306 5.2
4150
6/20/20
8786592 178742 2.1% 463156 5.3
4213
6/19/20
8607850 179659
2.1% 456943 5.3
5135
6/18/20 8425191 143680 1.7% 451808 5.4
5346
6/17/20 8281511
138768 1.7% 446462 5.4
6702
6/16/20
8142743 123905
1.5% 439760 5.4 3622
6/15/20
8018838 127549 1.6% 436138 5.4 3392
6/14/20 7891289 127414 1.6% 432746
5.5 4012
6/13/20
7763875 149186 2.0% 428734 5.5
4549
6/12/20
7614689 131862 1.8% 424185 5.6 4690
6/11/20 7482827 137070 1.9% 419495
5.6
5318
6/10/20 7345757
119756 1.7% 414177 5.6
4878
6/9/20
7226001 112981 1.6% 409299 5.7 2750
6/8/20
7113020 99283 1.4% 406549
5.7
3803
6/7/20 7013737 144601 2.1% 402746 5.7
4159
6/6/20 6869136 140599 2.1% 398587
5.8
4910
6/5/20 6728537 124938 1.9% 393677
5.9
5163
6/4/20 6603599
128815
2.0% 388514 5.9
5591
6/3/20
6474784 74729
1.2% 382923 5.9
4855
6/2/20 6400055 109202 1.7% 378068
5.9
3725
6/1/20 6290853 100068 1.6% 374343 6.0
2878
5/31/20 6190785 125006 2.1% 371465 6.0
-5063
5/30/20
6065779 128589 2.2% 376528 6.2
13752
5/29/20
5937190 36283 0.6% 362776 6.1 1217
5/28/20 5900907 361549 5.8
127 Countries with 10,000 or more cases account for over 95% of all deaths. The asterisk * indicates no change from yesterday in cases and deaths.
The increase in new cases is driven by the increase in testing. It is the denominator in the %deaths/cases, so increases in cases lowers the % of deaths/ cases.
Deaths have resulted in 3% of the cases and 80% of deaths occur with patients who are age 65 and older and have high morbidity from overweight, diabetes and other diseases.
Cases and %Deaths revisions are decreasing. Cases were reduced in the UK moving the death count up on 7/3/20. %Deaths in UK revised down by 5299 from 46628 to 41329 on 8/13/20.* Kyrgyzstan doubled cases from 13101 to 24606 and deaths from 173 to 900 on 4/19/20. Peru deaths increased by 3935 from 21713 to 25648 on 8/14/20* Spain cases revised down by 21008 from 376864 to 355856 on 8/14/20.* Algeria cases revised down by 1523 from 39187 to 37664 on 8/15/20” Kyrgyzstan deaths revised from 1498 to 1055 on 8/22/20* Sweden reduces cases by 3174 from 87072 to 83898 on 8/28/20.* On 10/15/20, Venezuela cases revised down by 2386 from 87391 to 85005. Cases in Turkey revised up by 823225 from 925342 to 1748567 on 12/11/20.
Country Cases Deaths %
Population
US 20904701 358682 1.7 flat
331M
India 10324631 149471 1.5 flat
1.38B
Brazil
7716405 195742 2.5 flat
213M
Russia 3236787 58506 1.8 flat
146M
France 2643239 64921
2.5 flat 65M
UK 2599789 74570
2.9 flat 68M
Turkey 2232035 21295
1.0 flat 84M
Italy 2141201 74985 3.5 flat
61M
Spain 1936718 50837
2.6 flat* 47M
Germany 1773540 34859 2.0
flat 84M
Colombia 1666408 43765 2.6 flat
51M
Argentina 1634834
43375 2.7 flat
45M
Mexico 1443544 126851 8.8 flat 129M
Poland 1318562 29119 2.2 flat 38M
Iran 1243434 55540 4.5 flat 84M
S
Africa 1088889 29175
2.7 flat 59M
Ukraine 1074093 18854
1.8 flat 44M
Peru 1018099 37773
3.7 flat 33M
Netherlands 813765
11565 1.4 flat 17M
Indonesia 765350 22734 3.0 flat
274M
Czechia 740481 11960
1.6 flat 11M
Belgium 649169
19644 3.0 flat 12M
Romania 640429 15979
2.5 flat 19M
Chile 615902 16724
2.7 flat 19M
Iraq 597774 12834
2.2 flat 40M
Canada 590280 15715
2.7 flat 38M
Bangladesh 516019 7626 1.5 flat
165M
Pakistan 486634 10311
2.1 flat 221M
Philippines 477807
9257 1.9 flat 110M
Switzerland 452296
7725
1.7 flat* 9M
Morocco 442141 7452
1.7 flat 37M
Sweden 437379 8727
2.0 flat* 10M
Israel 435866 3404
0.8 flat 9M
Portugal 423870 7045
1.7 flat 10M
Austria 365768 6324
1.7 flat 9M
Saudi
Arabia 363061 6246
1.7 flat 35M
Serbia 341904 3288
1.0 flat 9M
Hungary 327995 9884
3.0 flat 10M
Jordan 296668
3877 1.3
flat 10M
Nepal 261859 1878
0.7 flat
29M
Panama 251764 4103
1.6 flat 4M
Japan 238012 3514
1.5 flat 126M
Georgia 229169
2603 1.1 flat 4M
Azerbaijan 219462 2703
1.2 flat* 10M
Ecuador 214513 14059 6.6 flat
18M
UAE 213231 679
0.3 flat
10M
Croatia 212958 4072
1.9 flat 4M
Bulgaria 202880
7644 3.8 flat 7M
Belarus 198125
1442 0.7 flat* 10M
Slovakia 187463 2317
1.2 flat 5M
Lebanon 186408 1489
0.8 flat 7M
Dominican
R 172965 2416 1.4 flat 11M
Costa
Rica 169321 2185 1.3 flat* 5M
Denmark 168711 1374
0.8 flat 6M
Bolivia 162055 9186
5.7 flat 12M
Armenia 160027 2850
1.8 flat 3M
Kazakhstan 156934
2262 1.4 down 19M
Kuwait 151074 937 0.6 flat 4M
Lithuania 146637 1643
1.1 flat 3M
Moldova 145694 3020
2.1 flat 4M
Qatar 144437 245 0.2 flat 3M
Tunisia 141979
4765 3.4 flat 12M
Palestine 141219 1470
1.0 flat 5M
Egypt 140878 7741
5.5 flat 102M
Greece 139709 4921
3.5 flat 10M
Guatemala 138316
4827 3.5 flat 18M
Oman 129404
1501 1.2 flat 5M
Myanmar 125616 2711
2.2 flat 54M
Slovenia 125086 2803
2.2 flat 2M
Ethiopia 125049
1944 1.6 flat
115M
Honduras 123144
3173
2.6 flat 10M
Malaysia 119077
494 0.4 flat 32M
Venezuela 114083 1032
0.9 flat 28M
Bosnia 112143 4086
3.6 flat* 3M
Paraguay 108718
2279 2.1 flat 7M
Libya 101414
1510 1.5 flat 7M
Algeria 100159
2769 2.8 flat 44M
Ireland 96926 2252 2.3 down
5M
Kenya 96802 1685 1.7 flat 54M
Bahrain 93184
352 0.4 flat 2M
Nigeria 89163 1302 1.5 flat 206M
China 87117
4634 5.3 flat 1.44B
N
Macedonia 83789 2522
3.0 flat 2M
Kyrgyzstan 81305
1359 1.7 flat 6M
Uzbekistan 77231 614
0.8 flat 33M
S
Korea 63244 962 1.5 flat 51M
Albania 58991 1190
2.0 flat 3M
Singapore 58697 29 0.05 flat 6M
Ghana 55064 335 0.6 flat 31M
Afghanistan 52909
2230 4.2 flat
39M
Norway 50266 436
0.9 flat 5M
Montenegro 48856
684 1.4 flat
0.6M
Luxembourg 46838
503 1.1 flat 0.6M
El
Salvador 46803 1358
2.9 flat 6M
Sri
Lanka 44586 211
0.5 flat 21M
Latvia 42497 680 1.6 flat 2M
Finland 36772 561 1.5 flat 6M
Uganda 35712 274 0.8 flat 46M
Estonia 29131 244 0.8 flat 1M
Australia 28483 909 3.2 flat 26M
Cameroon 26848
448 1.7 flat* 27M
Namibia 24654 213 0.9 flat 3M
Cyprus 23445 129 0.6 flat 1M
Sudan 23316 1468
6.3 flat* 44M
Ivory
Coast 22563 138 0.6 flat*
26M
Zambia 21582 394 1.9 flat 18M
Uruguay 20275 201 1.0 flat 3M
Senegal 19697 421 2.1 flat 17M
Mozambique 18968
168
0.9 flat 31M
DR
Congo 17998 595 3.3 flat* 90M
Madagascar 17767
262 1.5 flat 28M
Angola 17608 407 2.3 flat 33M
Fr
Polynesia 16926 114 0.7 flat* 0.3M
Botswana 14805 42 0.3 flat* 2M
Mauritania 14677
353 2.4 flat 5M
Zimbabwe 14491 377 2.6 flat 15M
Maldives 13834 48 0.4 flat 13M
Guinea 13784 81 5.9 flat 12M
Tajikistan 13300 90 0.7 flat* 10M
Fr
Guiana 13288 71 0.5 flat 0.3M
Malta 13082 220 1.7 flat 0.4M
Jamaica 12931
303 2.4 flat 3M
Cuba 12225 146
1.2 flat 11M
Cabo
Verde 11883 113 1.0 flat 0.6M
Syria 11616 723 6.2 flat 18M
Belize 10807 249
2.3 flat 0.4M
Haiti 10077 236 2.3 down 11M
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Population by Country (2020) - Worldometer (worldometers.info)
Comments
Global %Deaths/Cases continues to trend flat to down, because of higher testing. Countries are reporting higher case counts and lower death counts. Countries with the highest %Death/Case are Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia and Sudan.
Large cities with interconnecting trains, open borders, international tourism and government healthcare systems are particularly vulnerable to pandemics.
The 1918-1919 Spanish Flu was a virus that
reached 500 million cases requiring treatment and 50 million deaths worldwide.
675,000 deaths were in the US. It affected all age groups and lasted for 2
years.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm
The 2019-2020 Wuhan Covid19 virus is approaching 86 million cases and 1.9 million cumulative deaths worldwide. During the first 6 months of this virus, tests were given to patients with symptoms that required treatment. Now most new cases are mild or asymptomatic carriers. False negative tests require repeat testing.
213 Countries continue to report Covid19 cases to the World Health Organization and some data is suspect. China has reported 4634 deaths and around 85000 cases for 8 months, Singapore has reported 27 deaths for 8 months.
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Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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