Intensive care units there are on track to exceed capacity by mid December.

Newsome also said he may impose tougher restrictions over the next two days, including a possible stay at home order.

We're showing hospitalizations that without any additional interventions, change of behavior or fundamental shifts in the way we are conducting ourselves as individuals in this state that we could see an increase just in hospitalizations.

They're 2 to 3 times greater than the current census in just one calendar month.

Nearly 93,000 Americans air currently hospitalized with Cove in 19.

That's up 11% from last week and double the number reported a month ago, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county public health reports.

Experts worry that number will only keep rising as the weather gets colder and people gather indoors more often in the new battlefield.

Hospital capacity is the top concern on the other side of the country.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, on Monday ordered all elective surgeries to cease in one county and urged hospital statewide to again ready their plans to increase capacity by 50% if necessary, or set up field hospitals.

It's about hospital beds.

It's about I see you and it's about having enough of staff and enough equipment.

The small gathering spread is now the number one spreader, about 65% of all cases.

This is a dramatic shift in the absence of a federal blueprint to curb the spread of the virus.

More than 20 US states have issued new or revamped restrictions on businesses and social life.

U.

S officials pleaded with Americans ahead of the long Thanksgiving weekend to avoid holiday travel and limit social gatherings.

But many appear to have disregarded those please.