COVID-19 hospitalizations in US at lowest since mid-December
The United States is seeing improvements in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. In the last two weeks, the country's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has declined by 33.1%, according to ABC News' analysis of data compiled by The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the U.S. outbreak.
On Monday, Missouri reported the fewest number of new cases since September, while South Dakota reported the lowest number of new cases since July.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are also declining nationwide. The COVID Tracking Project said the number of people hospitalized with the disease in the U.S. is currently at its lowest since Dec. 14.
Hospitalizations are even trending down in California, which has more COVID-19 patients in hospitals than any other U.S. state.
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ABC News’ Arielle Mitropoulous contributed to this report.