all adults would become eligible for a second covid19 booster shot under a plan being worked on by the biden administration the washington post reported late monday the plan is supported by dr anthony fauci the white houses top infectiousdisease expert and its coronavirus coordinator dr ashish jha the post reported though it still needs to be approved by the food and drug administration and the centers for disease control and prevention the news comes as the us sevenday average of new covid19 cases remains mostly steady and deaths are falling but hospitalizations and the positivity rate for covid tests keep on climbing to multimonth highs the daily average for new cases stood at 117035 on monday according to a new york times tracker up 8 from two weeks ago but still in the middle of a relatively narrow range that has lasted four the past couple months the number of new cases reported is expected to have been reduced by the fourth of july holiday the new york times reported meanwhile the daily average for hospitalizations rose to 37899 on monday up 18 in two weeks and the positivity rate on covid tests stands at 18 the highest since feb 1 on the bright side the daily average for deaths has fallen 2 from two weeks ago to 327 globally the confirmed case tally rose above 5565 million on tuesday according to data aggregated by johns hopkins while the death toll is above 635 million with the us leading the world with 887 million cases and 1021306 deaths