For the first time in nearly two months, current Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have dropped below 100,000, according to data from The Covid Tracking Project.
On Saturday, the U.S. reported 97,561 Covid-19 hospitalizations.
Previously, the last time the US had less than 100,000 current hospitalizations was December 1, 2020 – 60 days ago.
On December 1 according to Johns Hopkins University, the United States reported approximately 163,000 new cases and 740 deaths per day.
Now immediately, the US has about the same new case average, but sees more than double the average daily deaths, with more than 3,000 per day.
According to CTP, hospitalizations have been steadily declining since the beginning of the year. This past week was the first week since November 5 that no state, according to CTP, has reached a new record for current hospitalizations.