Across the country, rates of new COVID-19 cases are dropping to numbers not seen since last June.Three days ago the 7-day average of cases reached 27,815, the first time that number had been below 30,000 since June 22, 2021, the Washington Post reports.
The Post said infection rates are dropping evenly across the country, though some hot spots remain across the Deep South, the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest.Several models, including the prominent forecast from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, predict fewer than 7,000 daily cases by mid-August and fewer than 120 deaths.Yesterday the United States reported 12,853 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, and 190 deaths, according to the Johns