Prognosis
Covid Hospitalizations Hit Record as Holiday Obscures Case Data
- Cases have fallen from high after reduced laboratory staffing
- Reporting on deaths also muddled by the effect of the holiday
Medical staff treat a Covid-19 patient in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 19.
Photographer: Go Nakamura/Getty Images
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The number of Americans hospitalized with Covid-19 climbed to a record Sunday, a sign that the virus is still raging, even as the Thanksgiving holiday distorted case and death data.
An all-time high of 93,238 people are hospitalized with the virus in the U.S., up 9,368 from a week earlier, according to Covid Tracking Project data.