UPDATE, 5:43 p.m. ET
The Obama administration offered another update on web traffic late Monday afternoon.
Record traffic continues before tonight’s deadline. 1.6M+ visits (2pm) to http://t.co/oZaZC4p00C and 840k+ calls (4pm). #GetCoveredNow
— HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) March 31, 2014
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The federal Obamacare website is experiencing “record volume” Monday, the deadline for enrolling in coverage, the Obama administration said.
Record volume on http://t.co/eTfU7hBJUR today. 1.2M visits through noon and 125k+ concurrent users at peak so far today. #GetCoveredNow
— HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) March 31, 2014
An administration spokesperson confirmed to TPM that both figures are the highest that the site, which serves 36 states, has experienced since its Oct. 1 launch.
The marketplace’s call center is also experience record demand, the administration spokesperson said: 350,000 calls as of 12 p.m., three times higher than the previous record for that time period.
