U.S. COVID Cases Fall to Less Than Half of Pandemic’s Most Recent Peak

- The U.S. is reporting an average of 72,000 new cases per day over the past week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University,
- That’s down 58% from the most recent high mark of 172,500 average daily cases on Sept. 13.
- Case counts have fallen in every U.S. region, most sharply in the South, where the delta wave hit hardest over the summer.