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- The seven-day average of daily coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed the peak seen last summer when the nation didn’t have an authorized vaccine, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.
- U.S. Covid cases, based on a seven-day moving average, reached 72,790 on Friday, according to data compiled by the CDC.
- That’s higher than the peak in average daily cases seen last summer, when the country was reporting about 68,700 new cases per day, according to the CDC.
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