According to the COVID Tracking Project, the number of Americans hospitalized with coronavirus has risen by more than 5,500 people in the last week, increasing the total to more than 48,400 patients.
At least 83,000 people were confirmed with coronavirus Monday according to the aggregator. Worldometers.info recorded nearly 89,000 cases for Monday. Between 470 and 520 people died of the coronavirus Monday.
With 8,300 positive tests, Texas recorded 30% more cases than the next highest state, Illinois, on Monday.
The seven-day moving average for new cases jumped to 86,000 cases, its highest since the pandemic began.