Across the country 7-day averages of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are dropping in 43 and 49 states, respectively.
According to CNBC, only Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming reported a rise in new cases. The US reported 69,230 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, and 2,542 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker.
In total, the US remains the hardest hit country in the global pandemic, with 27,950,547 cases and 495,015 deaths.The news of case declines comes as Pfizer and BioNTech, the makers of the first mRNA vaccine approved for use in the United States, began a global phase 2/3 trial targeting pregnant women, and submitted new temperature data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggesting