The US reported less than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus daily for the first time in more than three months on Sunday as hospital admissions continue to decline and vaccine rollout accelerates.
Just over 96,000 new cases and 1,474 deaths were reported on Sunday, according to a COVID Tracking Project count.
It was the first time since November 2 that the number of new infections did not exceed 100,000.
But the COVID Tracking Project noted that some states had not yet posted daily figures for the weekend, meaning the actual values for Sunday are likely higher than what’s shown in the latest report.
The latest figures put the US total at more than 26.99 million cases and 463,339 deaths to date.
Hospital admissions have also continued to decline with 81,439 admitted as of Sunday – the fourth consecutive day with less than 90,000 at two months above that threshold.
According to the COVID Tracking Project, the US reported fewer than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus daily for the first time since November 2, with just over 96,000 on Sunday.
National hospital admissions also fell below 90,000 for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday
Hospital admissions have also continued to decline with 81,439 admitted as of Sunday. Pictured: A hospital worker cleans an empty Los Angeles IC room on Friday
The Centers for Disease Control reported on Sunday that 41,210,937 doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered to date, from the 59,307,800 states delivered.
At least one dose of a vaccine has been administered to 31,579,100 million people, equivalent to 9.6 percent of the population.
Just over 9,147,000 Americans have now received both doses of a vaccine, representing 2.78 percent of the population.
On Sunday, the country’s seven-day average for business fell to 117,108, down more than 8,300 from 125,431 two days earlier.
The seven-day average for deaths fell slightly to 2,920 per day.
The number of people hospitalized has dropped every day since January 14.
In the last three months of 2020, the number of hospital admissions had decreased by just 14 days.
In the past eight days, the number of hospital admissions has decreased by an average of 1,797 daily, compared to an average of 981 in January.
In December, the number of hospital admissions had increased daily with an average of 948 patients and an average of 1,621 patients in November.
This week was also the second in a row that no state has reported a record number of weekly COVID-19 cases.
Virginia was the last to report the highest weekly cases on Jan. 17, and New York on Jan. 10 the week before.
Thirty-six states recorded their highest weekly cases in November and December 2020.
Hawaii alone has not seen an increase in the number of cases since the summer, with the latter reporting the highest weekly cases on Aug. 16.
This week was the second in a row that no state has reported a record number of weekly COVID-19 cases, as shown in the above chart from the COVID tracking project
According to the CDC, at least 21,622,193 of the vaccine doses administered in the US to date have been from Pfizer-BioNTech, while a further 19,485,089 have come from the Moderna vaccine.
Federal data shows that most states have now received between 10,000 and 20,000 doses of a vaccine per 100,000 state population.
Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland have each administered more than 9,000 doses per 100,000 people.
A total of 4,839,144 doses of a vaccine have been administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.
CDC data shows that most states administered doses to more than 11,000 people out of 100,000. Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland have each administered more than 9,000 doses per 100,000 people
At least seven percent of residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine in every state.
North Dakota is walking a mile in terms of managing its supplies to residents, according to CDC data, with 92 percent of shots delivered as of Saturday.
West Virginia, Utah, and New Mexico also controlled more than 80 percent of the stock.
Alaska has rolled out the shots at a much slower pace with only 56 percent of the shots delivered.
Massachusetts, California, Kana, Mississippi, Alabama, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania also manage less than 60 percent of their received resident supply.
On Friday, it was revealed that the coronavirus pandemic will drag on for another seven years with the current rate of vaccinations worldwide.
According to Bloomberg’s vaccination calculator, it will take that long to reach Dr. Anthony Fauci’s estimate of the herd immunity threshold of 75 percent of people vaccinated worldwide.
More than 4.5 million vaccines are administered daily, for a total of 119.8 million injections worldwide.
Despite ranked sixth in the world for the rate of vaccinations, the US is predicted to achieve herd immunity just in time for New Years 2022.
But this all depends on whether the vaccines are effective against variants such as those emerging in South Africa and Brazil, which appear to reduce the potency of injections.
Nine vaccines are authorized worldwide, and at least two variants – those that emerged in South Africa and Brazil – could avoid them.