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COVID-19 Cases Decreased 13% Last Week
May 7, 2021 • 1:08 pm CDT
According to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting today, the current 7-day moving average of daily new cases (45,817) decreased 13.2% compared with the previous 7-day moving average.
Compared with the highest peak on January 8, 2021, the current 7-day average decreased 81.6%.
Throughout the sixteen-month COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 32,356,034 cases have been reported in the USA as of May 5, 2021.
Three COVID-19 vaccines are currently authorized and recommended for use in the USA, including the one-dose Johnson & Johnson - Janssen vaccine and the two-dose Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. All three vaccines are safe, effective, and reduce your risk of severe illness, says the CDC.
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