US hospitalizations more than 4 times higher than last year
The number of COVID-19 patients currently in U.S. hospitals stands at almost 102,000 -- more than four times higher than the number of patients one year ago (about 25,000), according to federal data.
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More than 2,355 children are currently in U.S. hospitals with COVID-19, according to federal data.
Some hard-hit areas show signs of stabilization. Florida, for example, now has about 13,000 hospitalized patients, a drop from more than 17,000 patients earlier this summer.
But Kentucky and Idaho are both now seeing record hospitalization levels.
-ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos