Coronavirus updates: 84% of California population to go on lockdown Sunday night

The U.S. has hit another record level for coronavirus related hospitalizations, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

There are at least 101,487 Americans hospitalized as of Sunday evening, the tracking project tweeted.

There were over 176,000 new cases and 1,138 new deaths recorded Sunday, according to the health data.

The seven-day average for the tracking project's main metrics also saw new record highs. The seven-day average for new cases was 191,736, for deaths were 2,171 and hospitalizations were 99,939, according to the health data.

The U.S. has now reported over 100,000 cases every day for more than a month straight, and over 200,000 cases for the last three consecutive days, according to health data.

The country reported more than 1.3 million COVID-19 cases in the last week, which is more than any other week on record, the health data showed.

In the last month, the average number of daily cases has doubled. 

The U.S. is currently averaging over 186,793 new coronavirus cases every day, the highest the average has been since the beginning of the pandemic, according to health data.

Since last week, there have been nearly new 15,000 COVID-19 related deaths, with five days over the 2,000 mark, the health data showed.

That is roughly equivalent to 88 COVID-19 related deaths reported every hour. 

The U.S. is currently averaging 2,123 reported COVID-19 deaths a day, that average has increased by 142% since last month, according to the health data.

Hospitalizations continue to surge to unprecedented levels, with over 101,000 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 across the country, according to the health data.

Current hospitalizations have nearly doubled in the last month, the health data showed.

-ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos

Los Angeles County set a new record number of coronavirus cases Sunday, the Health Department said.

The county saw 10,528 new cases and 23 new deaths, according to the Health Department. There are 2,855 people currently hospitalized, the Health Department said.

Los Angeles leads the country with total number of cases, 439,408, and total fatalities, 7,886, according to Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.

Multiple states have reported records for new daily cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.

California recorded 30,075 new cases and 85 deaths, according to the state's COVID-19 dashboard. The state goes into a stricter lockdown starting on Sunday night.

North Carolina also broke its record with 6,438 new cases.

Earlier on Sunday, New Jersey reported 6,046 additional cases.