Texas again had the highest new case and death totals in the nation. It was on a day the country saw its highest new case total at over 120,000. The COVID Tracking Project also reports that Texas has the highest number of hospitalized patients out of all 50 states. Data shows that, as of Nov. 4, Texas has 5,872 hospitalized coronavirus patients, followed by Illinois with 3,761 and California with 3,410.