The COVID summer wave in the U.S. continues to ease with another drop in new cases, even though the weekly death toll remained above 1,000 for the fifth week in a row, according to figures collected by BNO News. At least 150,210 new cases were reported between September 9 and September 15, down from 171,738 the week before (-12%). Those figures were collected from state health departments and, where necessary, estimated based on hospital admissi…