On Presidents' Day in the U.S., the seven-day average of deaths caused by COVID-19 fell below 2,000.

According to data from Google's tracker, citing the New York Times, the number of total deaths reported nationwide so far for that day, Feb. 21, was 760 with the seven-day average sitting at 1,958.

The data show that deaths fell over the holiday weekend from 692 (with a 2,227 seven-day average) on Feb. 19 to 414 on Feb. 20. Sunday saw a weekly average of 2,219 deaths. These dramatic decreases led to the number of average deaths falling below 2,000. As reported by ABC News, this is the first time the number has hit that low in a month.

COVID-19 cases and deaths are dropping dramatically across the country as the spread of the virus, specifically the Omicron variant, slows. As many states and businesses are relinquishing mask and vaccine mandates, the community transmission of COVID-19 is still high across most of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There has also been a concern in recent weeks about the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, and a potential new variant of the coronavirus as restrictions ease globally. The World Health Organization has said the new subvariant spreads easier than the rest of the variants of COVID-19 and subvariants of Omicron.

The U.S. has recorded 78.5 million COVID-19 cases and over 936,000 deaths.

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