Response highlights

Data in Action

COVID-NET provides national data on laboratory-confirmed hospitalizations. On April 17, data were added on COVID-19-associated hospitalizations by age with race and ethnicity information, and on selected underlying medical conditions, such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. The data show that the percentage of hospitalized patients who were non-Hispanic black (31%) was disproportionate to the percentage of non-Hispanic black residents in the hospitals’ communities (18%).

COVID19Surge is a spreadsheet-based tool that hospital administrators and public health officials can use to estimate the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A user of COVID19Surge can produce estimates of the number of COVID-19 patients that need to be hospitalized, the number requiring ICU care, and the number requiring ventilator support. The user can then compare those estimates with hospital capacity, using either existing capacity or estimates of expanded capacity. The data can help hospitals prepare for possible an increase or decrease in cases.

Read the original article at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)