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The graph presents the trending topics in the U.S. mainstream news coverage of COVID-19 from January 5th to August 15th, 2020. A total of 294,767 news articles (news titles and lead paragraphs) were collected and analyzed. The percentage next to each topic represents the proportion of the topic-related discussion in the given week. See the detailed methodology in our Research Method section.
The above graphs present the major topics in the U.S. mainstream news coverage of COVID-19 and the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths — cumulative and new — from January 5th to August 15th, 2020. Topic percentages may not add up to 100% because some news coverage does not belong to any one of the major topics.