White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing Wednesday

The White House COVID-19 effect squad volition clasp a briefing Wednesday arsenic regular cases, deaths and hospitalizations from the delta variant-fueled summertime surge proceed to fall.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 4th question of the microorganism appears to beryllium connected the outs. The U.S. is presently seeing astir 100,000 caller cases of COVID-19 each time — a fig overmuch higher than the aboriginal summertime debased of astir 11,000 a day, but less than 125,000 a time that was recorded aboriginal past month.

The CDC besides says that the mean fig of regular deaths has besides fallen successful the past 2 weeks from astir 1,700 a time to a existent complaint of astir 1,400 a day.

Finally, the CDC besides says that caller COVID-19 infirmary admissions for radical person each ages person fallen dramatically since precocious August.

While lawsuit rates are falling, the CDC inactive categorizes assemblage transmission successful the immense bulk of the U.S. arsenic "high" — the highest signifier connected a four-level scale.

The White House's briefing besides comes conscionable days aft the U.S. surpassed 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 — a fig that continues to pb the world.

The COVID-19 effect squad volition code the federation successful a virtual briefing Wednesday astatine 3 p.m. ET.