A drastic fall in new COVID cases and deaths was reported in the United States on Sunday.
With just 296 COVID-related fatalities, the U.S. total increased to 562066, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. This is less than one third of the 7-day average of 993.
48147 new cases were reported in the same period, taking the national total to 31197872. Between 60000 and 80000 cases were being reported every day during last week.
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