Average Daily COVID Cases In US Fall Below 20000 For First Time Since March 2020 WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - The average daily cases of coronavirus infections in the United States went below 20,000 for the first time since March 2020. At a news conference on his administration's COVID-19 Response and Vaccination Program, President Joe Biden said that the average daily cases are down to 19,000 from 184,000, the level of daily infection recorded when he took office more than four months ago. Average hospitalizations are down from 117,000 to 21,000. Death rates are down over 85 percent, he told reporters. 16974 new coronavirus cases were reported in the United States on Wednesday, taking the national total to 34,154,305.