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The phrase "affecting a total of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the impact or influence of something on a specific number of people, items, or situations.
Example: "The new policy is affecting a total of 500 employees across the organization."
Alternatives: "impacting a total of" or "influencing a total of".
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Last year there were 95 official recalls affecting a total of 673,000 individual passenger cars.
It also reports receiving more than 600 data breach notifications, affecting a total of around 15 million people, since GDPR D-Day.
Significant flooding happened throughout Jefferson Parish, with the floods affecting a total of 163 houses and 84 businesses.
Nationwide, Iris damaged or destroyed 3,718 homes, directly affecting a total of 21,568 people, or 8.5% of the total population.
This resulted in an HPAI epidemic affecting a total of 413 flocks.
One nonsense and 37 missense variants were identified, affecting a total of 1404 individuals.
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In the United States, an estimated 5,000 people a year die from food poisoning, which affects a total of about 76 million people each year, according to federal statistics.
The cutbacks will affect a total of 355,000 people, including 36,629 in New York State, 14,780 in Connecticut, 134,324 in Texas, 52,331 in Ohio, 47,670 in Florida, 18,650 in Pennsylvania and 15,283 in California.
While the court emphasised that there was no evidence of the outcome of the election having been actively manipulated, the confirmed irregularities had affected a total of 77,926 votes that could have gone to either Hofer or Van der Bellen – enough, in theory, to change the outcome of the election.
The U.S. ban also didn't affect any U.S. airlines, but the U.K. ban affects a total of six local carriers that operate direct flights.
The recalls have affected a total of 9.6 million batteries manufactured between August 2003 and February of this year, the result of which has been less than stellar profits for the year.
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