Washington: There were fewer than 35,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the United States on Sunday, according to data Monday from researchers at Johns Hopkins University — the lowest number in two months.
The university’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering showed about 34,500 cases, nationally. That’s the fewest number of new cases since 30,500 on June 22.
The U.S. average over the previous six days was 44,000. There were about 450 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the lowest figure in a week.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 5.703 million cases in the United States and 176,800 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins. Cases have continued a gradual decline since peaking in mid-July.
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In Louisiana, approaching storms in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storms Laura and Marco, have prompted officials to shut down state-run testing sites, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday.
“We are going to pause COVID testing on Monday and Tuesday in light of the storms,” Edwards said at a briefing.
