Coronavirus cases continue to trend in the wrong direction. Tuesday the U.S. marked 135,428 new coronavirus cases. That is a new high number in one day and The Wall Street Journal reports:
Coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S. reached a record high Tuesday and are expected to continue their climb, health-care disaster preparedness experts said, a trajectory already straining hospitals across several cities and states.
The number of Covid-19 patients in U.S. hospitals Tuesday reached 61,964, according to the Covid Tracking Project, passing the prior record of 59,940 set April 15 as critically ill patients flooded hospitals in the pandemic’s earliest hotspots of New York, New Jersey and California.
The Washington Post adds that “
All this is adding anxiety to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. The CDC is now recommending that gatherings take place “outdoor rather than indoor” and it cautions that “even outdoors, require guests to wear masks when not eating or drinking.” CDC guidelines now also discourage travel saying “Staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others.”
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