Covid-19 Cases Continue To Decline In The U.S.

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New coronavirus cases, which have topped 6.3 million, were averaging at just over 37,600 per day on Tuesday – a toll not seen since the last week of June

Deaths from COVID-19, which have more than doubled over the summer, are now nearing 190,000. The average number of deaths per day is currently at 720, which is down from the peak 2,000 fatalities per day back in April

Daily Mail: Daily COVID-19 infections in US drop below 40,000 for the first time since June and deaths drop to 700 a day – as 25 states see cases decline in the last week

* New coronavirus cases, which have topped 6.3 million, were averaging at just over 37,600 per day on Tuesday – a toll not seen since the last week of June
* Deaths from COVID-19, which have more than doubled over the summer, are now nearing 190,000
* The average number of deaths per day is currently at 720, which is down from the peak 2,000 fatalities per day back in April
* Infections and deaths have been trending downwards nationally for several weeks following the summer surge across the Sunbelt states
* A recent spike in new cases in the Midwest has seen states like Iowa and South Dakota emerge as new hotspots in the past few weeks
* The increases have been masked nationwide by decreasing infections in the most populous states of California and Texas
* In the last two weeks, 17 states – mostly in the Midwest and Northeast – have seen an uptick in cases

The average number of daily COVID-19 cases in the United States has dropped below 40,000 for the first time since June as deaths continue to decline to just over 700 per day.

New coronavirus cases, which have topped 6.3 million, were averaging at just over 37,600 per day on Tuesday – a toll not seen since the last week of June.

Deaths from COVID-19, which have more than doubled over the summer, are now nearing 190,000.

The average number of deaths per day is currently at 720, which is well below the peak 2,000 fatalities per day back in April.

Infections and deaths have been trending downwards nationally for several weeks following the summer surge across the Sunbelt states.

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Update #1: U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpass 190,000; Iowa and South Dakota emerge as new hotspots (Reuters)
Update #2: U.S. closes in on grim pandemic milestone: the 200,000th COVID-19 death (NBC)

WNU Editor: Will cases continue to decline? The next few weeks will be critical in knowing where we are all headed.