100,000 cases a day. it is still too many, but the first time in two months, boris. >> hospitals in alaska and pennsylvania are still seeing a surge in patients sick with covid-19. community transmission remaining high in certain areas. let's get to polo sandoval with the latest. >> reporter: i agree on that map, laura and boris. there is no question there that the situation is certainly improving throughout the country, but not all. you mentioned pennsylvania and alaska and also utah experiencing still a surge in covid patients and hospitals. the covid hospital rate is at the lowest point in nearly two months. add to that, the average number of covid cases each day which fell below 100,000 for the first time since august, it appears