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The United States has broken the global record with more than 3,000 deaths from COVID-19 in a 24-hour period. This is the highest total in a single day anywhere in the world

Experts predict the outbreak will get worse in the coming weeks. Transmission that happened over the holiday could start showing up in the data during the second week of December, according to The COVID Tracking Project.

The spread of the disease has shattered another record with 106,688 COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals. And overall, states reported 1.8 million tests and 210,000 cases. According to the group, the spike represents more than a 10% increase in cases over the last 7 days.

In the coming weeks, the daily death toll is expected to stay well over 2,000. Hospitalizations and cases are expected to increase.

CDC predicts that the U.S. death toll could rise to between 303,000 to 329,000 by Dec. 26. With a current death toll standing at over 274,000, the country could see around 55,000 more fatalities over roughly the next  three weeks if the CDC’s higher estimate plays out.

The staggering spike in fatalities and infections has overwhelmed hospitals and intensive care units across the nation, an increase attributed by many experts to people relaxing their precautions at Thanksgiving.