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JUST A REMINDER: COVID CASES ARE FALLING. The graph below is from the New York Times daily collection of COVID data. This particular one charts the seven-day average of new COVID cases in the United States. And what is clear is that the number of new cases is falling. And not just a little bit, and not just for a day or two.by_covid1The number of new cases is down by nearly one-third in the last 14 days. But it was falling before that, and the total decrease is even bigger. If you look at the graph, the peak of new cases occurred on January 8 — a seven-day average of 259,564 new cases reported each day. Now, that average is 141,137 new cases per day. And the number reported Tuesday, February 2 was 114,173, giving hope that the decline will continue.