US cases, deaths and hospitalizations from Covid-19 all dropping, CDC director says
Friday, February 19, 2021Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus are all dropping in the United States, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Friday.
“We continue to see a five-week decline in Covid cases, with cases decreasing 69% in the seven-day average since hitting a peak on Jan. 11,” Walensky told a White House news briefing.
“The current seven day average of approximately 77,000 cases is the lowest reported since the end of October, but still higher than the height of last summer,” she added.
The seven-day average of new hospital admission as of Feb. 16 was 7,200, she said – a 56% decline since Jan. 9.
”The latest data indicates that deaths have declined modestly … to an average of approximately 2,700 per day,” Walensky added.
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