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Weekly U.S. COVID update:

- New cases: 47,281 est.
- Average: 57,423 (-6K)
- States reporting: 50/50
- In hospital: 4,952 (-913)
- In ICU: 1,023 (-43)
- New deaths: 557
- Average: 677 (-87)

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The breakdown for this week's case numbers:

- Reports from 26 states: 23,149
- Estimate for 24 states: 24,132
- Total new cases: 47,281

Today's total is down 13% from last week.

As of this week, hospitals are no longer required to report hospital admissions for COVID, making it even more difficult to track the current state of the pandemic.

CDC is asking hospitals to continue reporting COVID data on a voluntary basis but it's not yet clear how many will do so. We'll provide more details about this next week.

COVID indicators are still declining across the U.S., similar to the same period last year. This trend is expected to continue until a new wave begins.

During the past week, 5,098 Americans were hospitalized with COVID, down 9% from the week before. Nearly 5,000 people are currently hospitalized.

This is the 42nd week in a row with more than 500 new COVID deaths in the U.S., or 57,511 deaths during the same period.

So far this year, more than 3.1 million cases of COVID have been reported in the U.S., causing 277,070 hospitalizations and 28,017 deaths.