Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4M new tests and 144k cases, another all-time high. 65.4k people are hospitalized, 15k more than on election day. The death toll was 1,421, pushing the 7-day average over 1,000.
On a per capita basis, more people are now dying across the Midwest than even at the peak of the summer surge in the South.
Deaths are up substantially in every state in the Midwest region—and we're now seeing more fatalities from the most populous states.
Hospitalizations are now rising very quickly. The last three days standout, but across all of November, we're averaging 1,636 more current hospitalizations each day.
38 states reported over 1,000 cases today.
Texas made a late update to deaths, reporting 141. That brings our national death toll for today to 1562. That's the highest number of fatalities since May 14.
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