The U.S. is seeing a similar curve in daily confirmed cases as is seen in the UK, Germany, Canada and even India
* On Wednesday, a total of 110,679 new coronavirus infections were reported with a seven-day rolling average of 135,904, a 44% decline from the average three weeks earlier
* The decline appears to be a global phenomenon, with new infections falling worldwide for the past three weeks in a row, the World Health Organization said Monday
* Hospitalizations have fallen nearly 30% from a peak of of 132,474 on January 6 to 92,880, the lowest figure seen since November 29
* Currently, 44 states are seeing a decline in cases with just Alabama, Louisiana, Montana, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania trending upward, according to Johns Hopkins data
* California's 21,451 new confirmed cases on Tuesday are about one-third the mid-December peak of 54,000
* New York recorded 8,215 new infections on Tuesday, down from the record-high of 19,942 new cases reported on January 15
* Health experts say it is too soon for vaccines to be playing a major role in the decline with just 8% of the population having received the first shot and fewer than 2% being fully immunized
* Officials say the drop is likely due to a higher number of people who've had the virus than official counts suggest, as many as 90 million people, and fewer people traveling than did over the winter holidays
As the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. came to end, the nation is seeing signs of progress including plummeting rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and accelerating vaccinations rates.
On Wednesday, 110,679 new infections were recorded, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which is much lower than the 215,805 infections that were recorded just three weeks ago.
What's more, the seven-day rolling average of new cases currently sits at 135,904, a 44 percent decline from the average three weeks weeks earlier, a DailyMail.com analysis shows.
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WNU Editor: From the data it looks like a lot of people out there got infected, showed no symptoms, developed antibodies, and are now immune. Take the case of Moscow. The mayor believes half of the population contracted Covid, but never showed no signs .... Half of Moscow's 12million residents have had Covid-19 – six times official figures – mayor reveals as photos show huge numbers of patients being treated in city's temporary hospitals (Daily Mail).
