US Seeing a Decline in COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths

Further drops are predicted

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the ongoing federal response to COVID-19, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 11, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters

The United States is seeing a drop in COVID-19 cases, as well as hospitalizations and deaths related to the disease.

The seven-day average of daily cases was about 92,600 per day as of the end of last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. That was a decrease of 12 percent from the week prior. At the same time, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped about 11 percent per week, to about 77,080 per day.