Johns Hopkins University. Another 3,656 people died of the coronavirus on the same day.A total of 113,069 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, also a new record and a number that has tripled since October, according to the COVID Tracking Project.California, Texas, Florida, Tennessee and Pennsylvania were identified by Johns Hopkins as having some of the highest new case numbers.In California, 5,000 body bags were distributed mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles and San Diego areas and 60 refrigerated trailers were standing by as makeshift morgues.