COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record high as illness peaks in three states

COVID-19 hospitalization rates hit an all-time high in the US on Tuesday, as the illness peaked in at least three states.

A record 61,964 people were hospitalized with the virus nationwide, according to a tally kept by the COVID Tracking Project.

That number exceeds levels reached in the early days of the pandemic, when 59,940 hospitalized patients were reported on April 15, The New York Times reported.

New cases of the virus are also setting records nationwide.