New U.S. COVID weekly cases fall to lowest since September
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[May 11, 2021]
(Reuters) - New cases of COVID-19 in
the United States fell for a fourth week in a row, dropping 17% last
week to just under 290,000, the lowest weekly total since September,
according to a Reuters analysis of state and county data.
Deaths from COVID-19 fell 1.3% to 4,756 in the week ended May 9, the
fewest deaths in a week since July.
More than a third of the country's population has been fully vaccinated
as of Sunday, and 46% has received at least one dose of a COVID-19
vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The rate of vaccinations, however, has been slowing for three straight
weeks. In the past seven days, an average of 2 million vaccine doses
were administered per day, which is down 17% from the previous week and
represents the biggest percentage drop reported under the Biden
administration.
Only seven out of 50 states reported week-over-week increases in new
cases, mostly rising by less than 10%.
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Michigan still led the nation in new cases per
capita, though that was down 23% from the previous week, according
to the Reuters analysis. New cases also fell in Puerto Rico and
Colorado, the areas with the next highest rates of infection based
on population.
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The lowest rates of infection based on population were in Oklahoma,
California and Mississippi.
The average number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals fell 9%, the
second weekly drop in a row.
(Graphic by Chris Canipe, writing by Lisa Shumaker, editing by
Tiffany Wu)
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