Seven-day moving average of COVID-19 cases in U.S. at lowest level since March 2020

The seven-day moving average of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has declined to the lowest levels since March of 2020.

"Our seven-day average is about 15,600 cases per day. This represents a decrease of more than 30% from our prior seven-day average, and more importantly it is a 94% decrease from the peak of COVID-19 cases we reported in January of this year," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday. 

The latest seven-day moving average reported by the CDC is 14,349. According to the CDC, 41.2% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated and 50.9% of the population has received at least one vaccine dose.