To make room for all of the COVID-19 patients at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, staffers have found a way to get more people inside for treatment: They are placing their gurneys inside the gift shop, chapel, and conference room.Already, there are five tents outside of the hospital to help with overflow. Dr. Elaine Batchlor, the hospital's CEO, told CNN workers have been "incredibly adept and flexible in accommodating increasing numbers of patients," but if the pace keeps up, they will have to start contemplating whether to ration care. This, she said, is something "we really just loathe having to even think about."In the past seven days, Los Angeles County has reported 100,000 new coronavirus cases, and L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Monday said the "sad reality is that all indicators show us that our situation may only get worse as we begin 2021." Batchlor told CNN that while patients won't be turned away from her hospital, it might soon get to the point where "we use what in the battlefield is called triage techniques, which is doing an assessment of each person's needs and prognosis and using scarce resources with patients that are most likely to benefit from them."COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, with 121,235 patients in the hospital, the Covid Tracking Project said. Looking at data published Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services, CNN found that over the last week, about 40 percent of all intensive care unit patients in the country had COVID-19, up from 16 percent in late September, 22 percent in late October, and 35 percent in late November.More stories from theweek.com 5 cartoons about the end of a very, very bad year Trump is right about the Republican death wish 'Irritated' Trump will skip his Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party

Authorities have a person or persons of interest in connection to the Christmas Day explosion that rocked the city, CBS News reported.

In a rare intervention King Carl XVI Gustaf, 74, said Sweden's approach had 'failed' during an annual royal Christmas TV special. He also branded the death toll figures in the country as 'terrible'.

Actor George Clooney once again slammed Republicans and President Donald Trump, who the "Midnight Sky" actor trashed as a "charismatic carnival barker."

Actress Elizabeth Banks spoke out against "Stand Your Ground" laws in a series of tweets Friday, writing they only "endanger your neighbors."

The rock band Foo Fighters, whose frontman Dave Grohl apologized to the world for President Donald Trump, announced that they will team up with other musicians for a virtual fundraising concert on Saturday in an effort to promote "voter participation" in the upcoming Georgia Senate elections.

Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about Vice President Mike Pence receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.