US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking. Be careful with this one.

Newly-reported deaths
Today: 654
Yesterday: 1,091
One week ago (5/17): 839

Newly-reported cases
T: 21K
Y: 21K
5/17: 21K

Newly-reported tests
T: 379K
Y: 365K
5/17: 403K

Positive test rate:
T: 6%
Y: 6%
5/17: 5%

I say "be careful" because reporting of deaths is typically slower on weekends, and that& #39;s especially likely to be the case on a holiday weekend. So while this is the fewest deaths reported since 3/30, we& #39;ll likely see an uptick on Wednesday or so once we& #39;re past the holiday.

Still, this is typical of recent reports. We& #39;ve been seeing a meaningful week-over-week decline in deaths almost every day. That& #39;s certainly good news! But, cases and the positive test rate have been flat over the past several days rather than declining.