FILE - A medical staff member holds a hand of a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on Nov.
19, 2020 in Houston, Texas. LOS ANGELES - The United States recorded more than 12,000 deaths in a week’s time due to COVID-19 as hospitalizations in the country soared, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project and Johns Hopkins University.There were approximately 12,026 new deaths due to COVID-19 between Nov.
22 and Nov. 30 in the U.S. alone.In addition to the death toll, within the same time span, hospitalizations increased by 12,260, bringing total U.S.