Published on 1 Sep 2021 on Benzinga via Yahoo Finance
Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.51% to 34,572.50 while the NASDAQ fell 0.78% to 15,062.99. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.72% to 4,441.64.
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 41,788,110 cases with around 670,020 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 33,381,720 cases and 444,240 deaths, while Brazil reported over 21,069,010 COVID-19 cases with 589,240 deaths. In total, there were at least 227,118,470 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 4,671,540 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.