Weekly Hospital Respiratory Data (HRD) Metrics by Jurisdiction, National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) (Preliminary)

This dataset represents preliminary weekly hospital respiratory data and metrics aggregated to national and state/territory levels reported to CDC’s National Health Safety Network (NHSN) beginning August 2020. This dataset updates weekly on Wednesdays with preliminary data reported to NHSN for the previous reporting week (Sunday – Saturday). 

Data for reporting dates through April 30, 2024 represent data reported during a previous mandated reporting period as specified by the HHS Secretary. Data for reporting dates May 1, 2024 – October 31, 2024 represent voluntarily reported data in the absence of a mandate. Data for reporting dates beginning November 1, 2024 represent data reported during a current mandated reporting period. All data and metrics capturing information on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were voluntarily reported until November 1, 2024. All data included in this dataset represent aggregated counts, and include metrics capturing information specific to hospital capacity, occupancy, hospitalizations, and new hospital admissions with corresponding metrics indicating reporting coverage for a given reporting week. NHSN monitors national and local trends in healthcare system stress and capacity for all acute care and critical access hospitals in the United States.

For more information on the reporting mandate per the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements, visit: <a href="https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/quality-safety-oversight-general-information/policy-memos-states/updates-condition-participation-cop-requirements-hospitals-and-critical-access-hospitals-cahs-report"> Updates to the Condition of Participation (CoP) Requirements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) To Report Acute Respiratory Illnesses</a>.

For more information regarding NHSN’s collection of these data, including full reporting guidance, visit: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/psc/hospital-respiratory-reporting.html">NHSN Hospital Respiratory Data</a>. 

For data that is considered final for a given reporting week (Sunday – Saturday), and reflects that which is used in <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/psc/hospital-respiratory-dashboard.html">NHSN HRD dashboards</a> for publication each Friday, visit: <a href="https://data.cdc.gov/Public-Health-Surveillance/Weekly-Hospital-Respiratory-Data-HRD-Metrics-by-Ju/ua7e-t2fy/about_data">https://data.cdc.gov/Public-Health-Surveillance/Weekly-Hospital-Respiratory-Data-HRD-Metrics-by-Ju/ua7e-t2fy/about_data</a>. 

CDC coordinates weekly forecasts of hospitalization admissions based on this data set. More information about flu forecasting can be found at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu-forecasting/about/index.html">About Flu Forecasting | FluSight | CDC</a>, and information about COVID-19 forecasting and other modeling analyses for the Respiratory Virus Season are available at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/forecast-outbreak-analytics/our-work/respiratory-virus-season-insights.html">CFA's Insights for Respiratory Virus Season | CFA | CDC</a>.

<b>Source: CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).</b> <ul><li><b>Data source description</b> (updated November 15, 2024): As of October 9, 2024, Hospital Respiratory Data (HRD; formerly Respiratory Pathogen, Hospital Capacity, and Supply data or 'COVID-19 hospital data') are reported to HHS through CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) based on updated requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). These data were voluntarily reported to NHSN May 1, 2024 until November 1, 2024, at which time CMS began requiring acute care and critical access hospitals to electronically report information via NHSN about COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, hospital bed census and capacity. Hospital bed capacity and occupancy data for all patients and for patients with COVID-19 or influenza for collection dates prior to May 1, 2024, represent data reported during a previously mandated reporting