According to the Covid Tracking Project, hospitalisation of coronavirus infected patients in the US has reached an all-time high as the country is witnessing an ongoing resurgence of new confirmed cases.
As per Covid Tracking Project latest update on Monday, the project said that the hospitalisation figure in the country has recorded its highest count of 93,238 on Sunday, exceeding the previous day's record of 91,635, reports Xinhua news agency.
Coronavirus daily hospitalizations in recent months have been increasing across the country. The US is currently the worst-hit in the world.
Hospitals and healthcare workers are overwhelmed by the unabated resurgence.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 152,608 new cases nationwide, on the 22nd consecutive day that the daily case count had surpassed 100,000.
The CDC predicted that the number of newly reported Covid-19 deaths will likely increase over the next four weeks, with 10,600 to 21,400 new deaths likely to be reported in the week ending December 19.
The CDC's national ensemble predicted that by December 19, a total of 294,000 to 321,000 Covid-19 deaths will be reported in the country.
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The Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering on Tuesday stated that the country's overall caseload and death toll stood at 13,536,216 and 267,987, respectively.
These two tallies are the highest in the world.