USA TODAY
The United States' pace of new coronavirus infections fell last weekend below the low of Sept. 12, the day before the fall surge got underway and turned into a disastrous winter. The country reported 241,099 cases in the week ending Sept. 12, a few thousand above the reported 232,489 in the week ending Sunday.
Daily infections now total less than half what they were a month ago and a small fraction of January's raging numbers. The U.S. continues to report about 600 deaths a day, roughly one-fifth the pace seen in January.
Meanwhile, India is experiencing a glimmer of hope, though it is still in the clutches of a devastating coronavirus surge caused by a variant that has made its way to the U.S.