(CNN) Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US are at the lowest level since early November, when a fall surge in cases and deaths was picking up steam, data showed Saturday. Friday's number is the first below 60,000 since November 9, when daily cases, hospitalizations and deaths were on a several-month incline through the holidays. Averages for daily new cases and deaths also have been declining for weeks after hitting all-time peaks around mid-January. The US had a backlog of about 6 million doses that couldn't be shipped because of bad weather this week. What if we went six weeks or eight weeks or 10 weeks -- not much longer than that."

Source: The Nation February 20, 2021 19:52 UTC