US continues to see drop in new Covid-19 cases, 85 mn vaccine doses administered

Washington, March 7 : The United States continues to see a decline in new Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations as more than 85 million vaccine doses have been administered.
Key indicators of Covid-19 transmission in the United States have continued to fall since early January, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
A total of 66,481 new cases and 1,840 new deaths were reported on Thursday, according to the data updated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
The seven-day average of newly reported cases declined for 43 consecutive days since January 11, CDC data show.
There has been an overall decline of 74.9 per cent of the seven-day moving average since the highest seven-day average of 249,360 on January 11.
Meanwhile, the seven-day average of new deaths has declined by 43.1 per cent since January 13, according to the CDC.