COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations continue to fall

Editor's Note

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the US dropped 12%, deaths fell 18%, and hospitalizations declined 16% last week, the March 8 Reuters reports.

At the same time, an average of 2.2 million COVID-19 vaccines were administered each day, up from 1.6 million the week before.

Despite these positive trends, however, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical adviser to the President has urged that most pandemic restrictions stay in place until new cases fall to under 10,000 per day, the report says. Presently new cases are averaging 60,000 per day.