U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9,117 people tested positive on May 31 and another 8,911 tested positive the following day."This is the type of news I would like to deliver," CDC Director Dr.
Rochelle Walensky said at Thursday’s White House COVID-19 response team briefing. "And certainly, these data are encouraging and uplifting as we battle this pandemic."The new lows were not sustained for long, with daily cases jumping to 14,354 on June 2.
But it is a far cry from the massive daily case tallies last winter.RELATED: ‘America is coming back’: Biden makes case for economic investment during speech in ClevelandThroughout December 2020, the U.S.