US COVID-19 deaths surged in Aug vs. Jul, but deaths for the five months Apr-Aug 2021 are down a whopping 50% vs. Apr-Aug 2020

 Deaths Apr-Aug 2020 were 179k, but fewer than 89k in 2021 for the same months.

And every one of those months in 2021 was lower than its corresponding month in 2020.

We'll be happy to see that be the case also in September.