LOS ANGELES - The United States hit another grim milestone on Friday, surpassing 13 million diagnosed cases of COVID-19, according to data from John Hopkins University.
On Thanksgiving Day, the country broke another record, reporting more than 90,000 hospitalizations as the health care system strains under the coronavirus surge.More than 264,000 people had died from the coronavirus in the U.S.
alone as of Nov. 27.RELATED: New model projects US COVID-19 cases could double in 2 monthsOn Thanksgiving Day, hospitalizations were the highest ever reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of Friday, more than 6,000 individuals were on a ventilator, according to the COVID Tracking Project.The U.S. leads the world in the number of confirmed.