Iran Press/America: With the number of coronavirus cases in the United States skyrocketing, many health experts warned the total number of people hospitalized in a given day would rise too.
The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer organization that compiles data on coronavirus cases, said the number as of Tuesday was 61,694. That's 2,024 more people than were hospitalized on April 15, the previous record, CNN reported.
The United States currently averages about 1,661 new hospitalizations per day, the organization's data shows.
The numbers are troublesome because rises in hospitalizations are usually followed by rises in the US death toll. Last week saw five days in a row with more than 1,000 Covid-19 deaths -- the first time that's happened since August. More than 1,300 deaths were reported Tuesday.
More than 239,000 people in the US have died since the start of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University. Another 110,000 or more deaths are projected in the next two months, according to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 51,810,343. While 36,395,204 have recovered,1,279,546 have died so far.
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