New COVID-19 Cases in the US Drop by Nearly 13 Percent in the Past Week

A medical staff member takes CCP virus test samples from a woman at a converted ice rink, in Alkmaar, Netherlands, on April 8, 2020. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

The number of new CCP Virus cases in the United States has dropped almost 13 percent in the past week, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

From Sept. 1 through to Sept. 9, there was a decrease from 41,773 new cases to 36,603 cases, and overall, on average, the number of new cases decreased by 12.4 percent. This came as the number of new cases was plateauing in the weeks before.