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The U.S. is seeing a dramatic increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, intensifying the strain on health care systems across the country as the pandemic that has left nearly 290,000 Americans dead continues to worsen.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. hit an all-time high this week, with more than 104,000 people currently hospitalized with the disease, according to The Covid Tracking Project. The number of hospitalizations has doubled since the start of November.

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An average of more than 202,000 cases are being reported every day with 2,225 new deaths shattering previous records as the first sign of a post-Thanksgiving surge in cases is beginning to show up in data released by states across the country.

The New York Times reports more than one-third of people in the U.S. live in areas where hospitals are low on intensive care beds, while hospitals serving more than 100 million people reported having less than 15 percent of intensive care beds available as of last week.

The situation is even worse for parts of the Midwest, South and Southwest, where1 in 10 Americans lives in an area where fewer than 5 percent of ICU beds are open, the Times reports.

Several states have had to open field hospitals to handle the influx of new patients and many have imposed new strict restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. California recently went into another lockdown as the state has reported a roughly 70 percent increase in ICU admissions over the past two weeks.

But public health officials anticipate things to get worse before they get better as people will soon gather together for Christmas.

Anthony Fauci, the nations top infectious diseases expert, warned earlier this week that Christmas could be worse than Thanksgiving in spreading the virus as it tends to be a longer holiday that leads into New Years.

I think it can be even more of a challenge than what we saw with Thanksgiving, Fauci said during an interview on CNNs New Day Monday. So I hope that people realize that and understand that as difficult as this is, nobody wants to modify, if not, essentially shut down, their holiday season.

But were at a very critical time in this country right now, he added. Weve got to not walk away from the facts and the data. This is tough going for all of us.

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