For the first time in nearly two months, current Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have dropped below 100,000, according to The Covid Tracking Project.
On Saturday, the US reported 97,561 Covid-19 hospitalizations, data show.
Until then, the last time the US had less than 100,000 current hospitalizations was December 1, 2020 – 60 days ago.
On December 1st The United States had an average of 7 days of about 163,000 new cases and 1,540 reported deaths per day, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Right now, The US has about the same nine average cases, but records more than double the average daily deaths, with over 3,000 per day.
Hospitalizations have been steadily declining since the beginning of the year, according to CTP. Last week was the first week since November 5 when no state reached a new record for current hospitalizations, according to CTP.