According to data from The Covid Tracking Project, current Covid-19 hospital admissions in the United States have dropped below 100,000 for the first time in nearly two months.
On Saturday, the US reported 97,561 Covid-19 hospitalizations, the data shows.
Before then, the last time the US had fewer than 100,000 current hospital admissions was December 1, 2020 – 60 days ago.
On December 1 According to Johns Hopkins University, the United States had an average of about 163,000 new cases over seven days and 1,540 reported deaths per day.
Straight away, the US has about the same new case average, but sees more than double the average daily deaths, with more than 3,000 a day.
According to CTP, the number of hospital admissions has been steadily declining since the beginning of the year. According to CTP, last week was the first week since November 5 that no state has hit a new record for current hospital admissions.