The number of people in the hospital for COVID is rising again.

That's where we're starting the 7th from the Washington Post.

I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Monday, December 5th.

Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories.

35,000 patients were being treated for COVID last week and hospitals across the US.

This is according to the Washington Post data tracking.

That's the highest level in three months.

There are many more treatments for coronavirus now, but hospitals are already

being pushed to capacity with cases of the flu and RSV, which is another respiratory

virus. Experts say this is a good time to get your booster and flu shots if you haven't already

and consider masking indoors. Number two. Iran may be shutting down at so-called morality police. There have been rare

ongoing protests in Iran since September. These were

sparked by the death of a 22-year-old who was arrested for violating the country's

strict dress code for women.

Dispaning the police force would be a concession for protesters.

Experts warn though that the announcement shouldn't be considered official. At number three, there's a final push for votes in Georgia.

Tomorrow is the Senate runoff there.

This is the election for the only undecided Senate seat.

Neither Democratic Senator Raphael Warni O'Warnock nor

Republican Herschel Walker got 50% of the votes on election day in November.

Nearly 2 million people have already cast ballots in early voting, which ended on Friday.

Both parties pushed get out the vote efforts over the weekend.

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