The United States is seeing a drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and deaths related to the disease. The seven-day average of daily cases was about 92,600 a day as of the end of last week, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. That was a decrease of 12 percent from the week prior. At the same time, COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped about 11 percent a week, to about 77,080 a day. Deaths linked to the disease were also down. The seven-day average of daily deaths was about 1,400 a day, a decrease of about five percent from the week prior. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the CDC, reported the data during a briefing on Thursday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he believes the United States is in the second of five stages, with the first being the …