The U.S. recorded fewer than one million weekly coronavirus cases for the first time in more than a month as the country starts nearing the end of the fourth wave of the pandemic.
On Monday, officials recorded 201,648 new cases of COVID-19 with a seven-day rolling average of 139,483, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
That figure is a decrease of seven percent from the rolling average of 150,098 reported four weeks ago.
More than half of U.S. states and the District of Columbia have seen Covid infections either decline or hold steady over the last week, a DailyMail.com analysis of the data shows.
This includes states such as former virus hotspot Florida, which is recording half as many cases as it was in August.
Additionally, over the last seven days - from September 14 to September 20 - America recorded 976,379 new infections of COVID-19.
This is the first time since August 19 that the weekly total of cases hasn't hit seven figures.
Hospitalizations have also declined with 89,266 patients seeking care, a 12 percent drop from 101,634 two weeks ago, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
However, deaths have risen with 2,303 virus-related fatalities recorded on Monday and a seven-day rolling average of 1,941, a 91 percent increase from the 1,011 average deaths recorded one month ago.
Experts say that fatalities are a lagging indicator and often don't start to decline until three or four weeks after cases and hospitalizations do, which means that deaths are expected to soon fall as well.
Additionally, not every state reports Covid deaths every day so it is likely that this figure includes deaths not reported earlier in the week.
On Monday, the U.S. recorded 201,648 new cases of Covid with a seven-day rolling average of 139,483, a 7% drop from the 150,098 average reported one month ago and recorded fewer than a million weekly cases for the first in a month
Deaths rose with 2,303 virus-related fatalities recorded on Monday and a seven-day rolling average of 1,941, a 91% increase from the 1,011 average deaths recorded one month ago, but experts day deaths are soon expected to decline
More than half of U.S. states and the District of Columbia have seen Covid infections either decline or hold steady over the last week
Experts have said the recent decline can be attributed to two things: vaccines and the 'true' number of people infected by the virus.
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