For the first time in nearly two months, current Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have fallen below 100,000, according to data from The Covid Tracking Project.
On Saturday, the U.S. reported 97,561 hospitalizations for Covid-19, according to the data.
Earlier, the last time the U.S. had less than 100,000 current hospitalizations was on December 1, 2020, 60 days ago.
On December 1st the United States had an average of approximately 163,000 new cases in seven days and 1,540 reported deaths a day, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Right Now, The U.S. has about the same average of new cases, but sees more than double the daily average of deaths, with more than 3,000 a day.
Hospitalizations have been steadily declining since the beginning of the year, according to the CTP. Last week was the first week since Nov. 5 that no state has reached a new record of current hospitalizations, according to CTP.