More Americans than ever are now hospitalized with COVID-19, as cases in all 50 states continue to increase. The Covid Tracking Project reported Saturday that 83,870 people were hospitalized, a new single-day U.S. record. Saturday also marked the 18th consecutive day that over 100,000 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, with most days now seeing over 150,000 new cases, for a seven-day average of 167,568 new cases daily – an increase of 13.7% over the previous week. According to an internal Health and Human Services memo, obtained by ABC News, 29% of hospitals across the country have more than 80% of their ICU beds filled. That number was 17-18% during the summertime peak.
COVID-19 cases continue to soar nationwide, with the U.S. reporting more than 1.1 million infections over the last week. That means approximately one in every 281 Americans tested positive for COVID-19 during that period. Since November 1, the U.S. has reported nearly 2.9 million new cases. The numbers in some states are staggering: Louisiana in particular reported statewide case increases of 90% over the past two weeks. Other states are reporting week-to-week increases topping 20%, 40% and 60%, with individual regions in many states reporting triple-digit infection increases.
The U.S. is currently averaging 1,439 reported COVID-19 deaths a day, the highest the average has been since May 13. Some 10,077 deaths were reported in the U.S. last week – that’s only three shy of one death recorded every minute. As of Monday morning, there were 256,798 reported COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, an increase of 4,234 over Friday morning’s numbers.
COVID-19 numbers
Here’s the latest data on COVID-19 coronavirus infections and deaths.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 58,766,731
Global deaths: 1,390,003. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 256,798.
Number of countries/regions: at least 191
Total patients recovered globally: 37,589,499
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 11,720,318 reported cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 256,798. New York State has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 34,319.
U.S. total patients recovered: 4,526,513
U.S. total people tested: 179,340,847
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in Texas, with 1,153,944 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 29 million. This ranks fourth in the world after Maharashtra, India, which has 1,780,208 reported cases; England, which has 1,301,559 reported cases; and Sao Paulo, Brazil, which has 1,209,588 reported cases.