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U.S. Hits 100,000 COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Data from the COVID Tracking Project show 100,226 people were hospitalized Wednesday — a number that has been steadily rising for weeks.
The U.S. hit a record high coronavirus hospitalization rate Wednesday, putting further strain on the nation's already stressed hospitals.

Updated at 2:30 a.m. ET on Thursday

More than 100,000 Americans are in the hospital with COVID-19, at the same time the nation recorded its single-worst daily death toll since the start of the pandemic.

Data from the show 100,226 people were hospitalized on Wednesday with the disease

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