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New, Daily Coronavirus Cases Drop Below 100K For First Time In Months

Health experts caution communities not to lift coronavirus restrictions too soon as the nation continues on a downward trend of virus infections and deaths.
The average rate of confirmed coronavirus cases fell below 100,000 for the first time since Nov. 4, but health experts warn that highly infectious virus variants pose a serious risk to that downward trend.

For the first time since November, average new daily coronavirus infections in the U.S. fell under 100,000--well below the average infection rate in December and January, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The seven day average of new infections dropped below 100,000 on Friday, continuing at that 83,321 new infections and 3,361 new deaths Sunday.

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