U.S. hospitals treat over 100,000 COVID-19 patients

Medical workers take care of a patient in a ward in Texas, U.S., November 29, 2020. /VCG

The number of COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals has surpassed 100,000 for the first time, nearly double the number from spring during the coronavirus' deadly first wave, according to the COVID Tracking Project (CTP).

To date, 100,226 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.