The number of new COVID-19 cases reported across the United States over the past week fell by about 20 percent, according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The seven-day average of cases as of Sept. 28 is about 107,600, whereas, on Sept. 21, the seven-day average was about 128,700, the data shows. Starting in August, the number of cases spiked due to the spread of the so-called Delta variant, federal health officials have said. Deaths from COVID-19 have also dropped, according to the CDC, showing that the seven-day average as of Sept. 28 is about 1,425. It comes as some health officials have suggested that the current surge of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, may be plateauing or coming to an end. Scott Gottlieb, who sits on Pfizer’s board and who headed the FDA from 2017 to 2019, told CNN …