True: The country is heading into a dangerous new phase more than 40,000 Americans are in the hospital tonight with covid-19.

The most recent statistics support the fact that 40,000 Americans are in the hospital on Oct. 22 due to Covid-19. The New York Times reported on Oct. 23 that more than 40,000 people are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States. This figure has risen by 40 percent over the last month as new cases have surged. At least 14 states have had more people hospitalized for the virus on a day in the past week than at any other time since the pandemic began, according to the Covid Tracking Project, and seven more states are nearing their peaks