The Johns Hopkins COVID Dashboard for Wednesday, November 25, at 5:26 a.m.:

Worldwide cases: 59,961,235    Worldwide deaths:  1,412,949

U.S. cases: 12,613,248   U.S. deaths: 260,190

According to the Dashboard, the reported worldwide case report increased by 587,568  in the last 24 hours.  Deaths worldwide increased by 12,966.

According to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, the United States has added 182,423 cases in the last 24 hours.

The COVID Tracking Project reports that more than 88,000 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.  Many hospital systems throughout the mainland are being stressed by the number of people with COVID-19 in their facilities.  The concern is not just ICU and regular bed capacity, but healthcare workers’ ability to keep up with the situation.  Some hospitals say they now have to turn patients away.

In the last day,  the number of reported deaths from  COVID-19 increased by 2,199.   This is the highest daily death toll since June.