The US passed a half million total COVID deaths according to Worldometers.
The daily new cases has dropped a lot in the US and is dropping globally.
The seven-day moving average of global daily COVID cases is at 381,000 which is down from a peak of nearly 750,000 in mid-January 2021.
The seven-day moving average of global daily COVID deaths is at 10,600 which is down from a peak of nearly 14,391 at the end of January 2021.
The world is about one to two weeks from pass a total of 2.5 million COVID deaths.
The seven-day moving average of US daily COVID cases is at 82,000 which is down from a peak of over 250,000 around January 12, 2021.
The seven-day moving average of US daily COVID deaths is at 1,460 which is down from a peak of around 3400 around January 26, 2021.
It is hopeful that the third surge in COVID is passing and there is substantial vaccine distribution.
The concern is around variants like the South Africa version and any new COVID variants.
SOURCES – Worldometers
Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com
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