New coronavirus infections in the US have fallen to the lowest level in 11 months, in a sign the country remains on track to regain a sense of normality by the summer.<\/p>\n
States reported 24,080 new infections on May 9, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on Monday, the fewest since June. The US has averaged 38,678 new infections a day over the past week, the lowest since mid-September and an 85 per cent drop from a peak rate in early January of about 250,000 a day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in the verge of having Covid on the run in the US thanks to Americans getting vaccinated,\u201d Andy Slavitt, a senior White House coronavirus adviser, tweeted on Monday.<\/p>\n
The sharp decline in new infections has tracked a swift rise in vaccinations, as it has in other countries with successful mass inoculation programmes such as Israel and the UK.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> (subscription).<\/p>\n New coronavirus infections in the US have fallen to the lowest level in 11 months, in a sign the country remains on track to regain a sense of normality by the summer https:\/\/t.co\/74ISdxyjGp<\/a><\/p>\n — Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n