* There were just over 650,000 new COVID-19 infections reported in the US in the seven days to February 13; that is the lowest weekly number since October
* Death and hospitalization numbers are also down significantly from numbers recorded last week
* While numbers may be dropping following the end of the holiday season, they are still far higher than they were during spring and summer surges of 2020
* Officials are cautioning that Americans are still not out of the woods, particularly as the vaccine rollout remains quite sluggish
* As of Saturday, around 37.1 million Americans have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; that number represents just 11 percent of the population
* At the current rate it will take until November for 90 percent of Americans to be partially vaccinated
* Bill Gates' daughter, Jennifer, was among those who received her first shot on Friday
* The medical student joked about conspiracy theories claiming her father was using the vaccines to inject microchips into members of the public
The number of COVID-19 infections being reported in the United States continues to decrease, with the country seeing its lowest weekly case numbers since last October.
There were just over 650,00 new infections reported in the seven days to February 13, according to The COVID Tracking Project. That total represents a 22.3 percent decrease from the number reported last week.
Hospitalization rates have also deceased 15.7 percent from last week, while deaths are down 13.8 percent in the past seven days.
However, officials are cautioning that the country is not out of the clear yet.
The numbers currently being reported are still far higher than they were during the spring and summer surges of 2020.
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WNU Editor: Cases may be going down, but thousands of Americans are still dying everyday (see above graph). What does not help is that it also looks like the the U.K. variant that is becoming more prevalent in the U.S. is also deadlier .... Covid-19: U.K.-Based Variant Is Probably More Lethal, Scientists Say (New York Times).
Update: Here is some good news .... More Than 50 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in US, CDC says (VOA), and bad news .... AP-NORC poll: A third of US adults skeptical of COVID shots (AP News).
