Coronavirus cases around the country are plummeting thanks in no small part to President Biden’s aggressive action to get vaccine shots into arms as quickly as possible. As stories this week make clear, communities are seeing record low COVID-19 cases as vaccines become readily available to all adults thanks to President Biden’s leadership to quickly scale up and expand the vaccine effort. With the announcement this week that the FDA is granting authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine to 12-15 year olds, it’s clear that President Biden’s efforts to safely and quickly get us out of this crisis will only continue to pay off.
Read how COVID-19 cases are plummeting nationwide:
PENNSYLVANIA: New Pennsylvania COVID-19 Cases Plummet. [The Times, 5/11/21]
ILLINOIS: COVID-19 in Illinois: Cases Plummet, Vaccinations Decrease Slightly. “Illinois reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 15,248 new cases. That’s down 18.4% from the previous week’s tally of 18,687 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.” [Rockford Register Star, 5/10/21]
KENTUCKY: New COVID-19 Cases Fall Nearly 9% In Kentucky; Vaccination Rate Ranks 29th. [The Gleaner, 5/10/21]
HAWAII: Hawaii Coronavirus Cases Are Expected to Plunge, Lt. Gov. Josh Green Says. “Hawaii should see a precipitous drop in coronavirus cases in the next couple of weeks now that 58% of the adult population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to Lt. Gov. Josh Green…Hawaii should see a precipitous drop in coronavirus cases in the next couple of weeks now that 58% of the adult population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to Lt. Gov. Josh Green.” [Star Advertiser, 5/11/21]
DC: Coronavirus Cases Are Plummeting In The D.C. Region As A Reopened Summer Approaches. “In the past week, D.C. has seen a 44% decline in new cases, Maryland a 32% decline, and Virginia a 28% decline, according to the Washington Post’s regional coronavirus tracker. Collectively, the region reported a seven-day daily case average of 1,321 today – the lowest daily case average since late September. For much of July and August, that metric stayed above 1,500, and during the devastating winter surge, soared to more than 8,400.” [DCIst, 5/10/21]
NEW JERSEY: N.J. Reports 24 COVID Deaths, 1,030 Cases. Hospitalizations at 6-month Low. “New Jersey on Saturday reported another 1,030 confirmed coronavirus cases and an additional 29 confirmed deaths, while statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations have plummeted to their lowest point in more than six months. This comes as more than 3.32 million people have been fully vaccinated in New Jersey as of Saturday — roughly 48% of the state’s 6.9 million adults…New Jersey’s seven-day average for new confirmed positive COVID-19 tests fell to 1,194, down 28% from a week ago and 65% from a month ago. Saturday marked the 10th time in 11 days the state has reported fewer than 2,000 new cases.” [NJ.com, 5/8/21]
WISCONSIN: Wisconsin Records Lowest Amount of New COVID Cases Since April 5. [WeAreGreenBay.com, 5/9/21]
More on how COVID-19 cases are dropping nationally:
New U.S. COVID Weekly Cases Fall to Lowest Since September. “New cases of COVID-19 in the United States fell for a fourth week in a row, dropping 17% last week to just under 290,000, the lowest weekly total since September, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county data.Deaths from COVID-19 fell 1.3% to 4,756 in the week ended May 9, the fewest deaths in a week since July. More than a third of the country’s population has been fully vaccinated as of Sunday, and 46% has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” [Reuters, 5/10/21]
COVID Cases Are Falling in 30 States With a Third of Americans Fully Vaccinated. “The rate of daily Covid infections is declining in 30 states and the District of Columbia, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows, and 1 in 3 Americans are now fully vaccinated. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday shows 45% of the U.S. population with at least one dose of the vaccine and more than 33% fully vaccinated.” [CNBC, 5/7/21]
U.S. COVID Cases Are at Their Lowest Level in a Long Time. “Confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to fall in the United States as more Americans are vaccinated and the weather turns warmer in much of the country. According to CNN and Johns Hopkins University, the seven-day average case number hit a level not seen in many months. Official CDC numbers show a gradual decrease over the last several weeks after the sharp fall that began after cases peaked in January.” [New York Magazine, 5/10/21]