No state has reported a seven-day average of more than 10,000 new COVID-19 infections for the first time this year, data shows.
The promising sign Tuesday comes as every state has seen steady declines in infections since January, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Texas, California, and New York are grappling with some of the country’s highest case numbers — but none of them recorded more than a seven-day average of more than 9,000 new infections, the data shows.
Texas leads the country with an average of 8,963 cases for that period, while California reported 8,209 cases and 7,972 new infections were recorded in New York, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Wyoming and Hawaii experienced some of the lowest numbers in the nation.
7,972 new COVID-19 infections were recorded in New YorkSpencer Platt/Getty Images
Wyoming had a seven-day average of 74 cases, while Hawaii recorded just 57, data shows.
COVID-19-related deaths are also seeing nationwide declines.
A medical official takes care of a COVID-19 patient in his ICU room at the Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, South of San Diego, California on February, 5 2021.EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT
The seven-day average for coronavirus fatalities was down 30 percent from its peak on Jan 13 — recording fewer than 2,335 deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
Patients are pushed inside the Emergency Room after they were brought in by an ambulance and the fire department at the LAC USC Hospital ER amid the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California on January 5, 2021.EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT
“This is the fewest COVID-19 deaths reported by states on a Tuesday since Nov 3,” the group wrote on Twitter.
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