With the lags between infections, hospitalizations and deaths, yesterday's record fatalities likely still reflect patients infected in that period. Daily COVID-19 cases have been falling steadily over the past three weeks with only 123,907 new infections reported on Thursday. The U.S. still reported 3,705 coronavirus fatalities on Thursday, with the seven-day average for deaths falling to 2,997. For the first time in weeks, the seven-day average is below 20,000 in all states. The state that came the closest is Texas which has a seven-day average of 19,637 new cases.
