The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average is 17.1 % HIGHER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 22.9 % HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 6.7 % HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. Today's posts include: U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are at a near-record 224,452 U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at an elevated 2,768 U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at a record 107,248 The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved, hospitalizations again improved, and deaths improved Why two members of the FDA advisory panel on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine voted against approval