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style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">June: 2430</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">July: 1974</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">August: 1921</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">September: 2994</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">October: 3672</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">November: 3436</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">December: 3934</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="year">2019</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">January: 3803</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">February: 2986</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">March: 2980</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">April: 3176</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">May: 4734</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">June: 2280</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">July: 1484</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">August: 1611</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">September: 2520</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">October: 2982</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">November: 3509</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">December: 3284</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="year">2018</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">January: 909</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">February: 1363</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">March: 1526</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">April: 2251</td> </tr> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="padding:0 0 0 5px;">May: 3333</td> </tr> <tr 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