Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates November 29, 2020

Daily Mail: Biden's COVID adviser predicts that 'many who spent Thanksgiving with loved ones will be in ICU by Christmas' as post-holiday hospitalizations hit record 93,238 and Fauci warns of 'a surge upon the surge' 

 * US coronavirus hospitalizations have nearly doubled in the last month - reaching 93,238 on Sunday 

 * 16 states reported record seven-day averages for daily new cases on Thursday and Friday 

 * Nationwide 155,596 new cases and 1,189 deaths were reported on Saturday 

 * Cases, deaths and hospitalizations are expected to skyrocket due to Thanksgiving gatherings and travel 

 * Dr Celine Gounder, a member of Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, offered a grave warning Saturday 

 * She said cases will spike in the next two weeks, followed by hospitalizations and deaths in the weeks after 

 * 'Many people who celebrated with family, with friends over Thanksgiving will find themselves in the hospital, in ICUs over Christmas and New Years,' Gounder said 

 * Dr Anthony Fauci also warned that irresponsible Thanksgiving gatherings could lead to 'a surge superimposed upon that surge that we're already in' on Sunday 

The number of COVID-19 patients currently being treated in hospitals across the United States nearly doubled in the last month, hitting more than 93,000 over the Thanksgiving weekend. 

As of Sunday 93,238 Americans were hospitalized with the virus, according to the COVID Tracking Project. 

The rate of hospitalizations - now at the highest level since the pandemic began - comes after weeks of rising infection rates nationwide, with 16 states reporting record seven-day averages for daily new cases on Thursday and Friday. 

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 Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.S. -- News Updates November 29, 2020 

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U.S. CDC reports 265,166 deaths from coronavirus -- Reuters 

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'A natural disaster ... in all 50 states' is unfolding just as travelers disperse nationwide after Thanksgiving -- CNN 

Fauci: US may see ‘surge upon surge’ of virus in weeks ahead -- AP 

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Fauci and public health experts are sounding the alarms about another coronavirus surge after Americans traveled for the Thanksgiving holiday -- Business Insider 

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