Chart description: The number of patients hospitalized had two peaks, in April/May 2020 and November/December 2020, with a significant dip in the summer (July/August). The highest number of hospitilizations was in November/December 2020 with close to 35,000. The lowest number of hospitilizations was in August 2020 where the number drops nearer to 0, approximately 1,000. There were two very sharp and sudden increases: the first in April 2020 where the number rose from 0 at the start of the year to nearly 30,000. The second was from the approximately 2500 in October to the 35,000 in November/December.

Chart data: Month Number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized Feb 23, 2020 101 Feb 24, 2020 114 Feb 25, 2020 128 Feb 26, 2020 248 Feb 27, 2020 345 Feb 28, 2020 401 Feb 29, 2020 639 Mar 01, 2020 742 Mar 02, 2020 1034 Mar 03, 2020 1346 Mar 04, 2020 1790 Mar 05, 2020 2394 Mar 06, 2020 2651 Mar 07, 2020 3557 Mar 08, 2020 4316 Mar 09, 2020 5038 Mar 10, 2020 5838 Mar 11, 2020 6650 Mar 12, 2020 7426 Mar 13, 2020 8372 Mar 14, 2020 9663 Mar 15, 2020 11025 Mar 16, 2020 12894 Mar 17, 2020 14363 Mar 18, 2020 15757 Mar 19, 2020 16020 Mar 20, 2020 17708 Mar 21, 2020 19846 Mar 22, 2020 20692 Mar 23, 2020 21937 Mar 24, 2020 23112 Mar 25, 2020 24753 Mar 26, 2020 26029 Mar 27, 2020 26676 Mar 28, 2020 27386 Mar 29, 2020 27795 Mar 30, 2020 28192 Mar 31, 2020 28403 Apr 01, 2020 28540 Apr 02, 2020 28741 Apr 03, 2020 29010 Apr 04, 2020 28949 Apr 05, 2020 28976 Apr 06, 2020 28718 Apr 07, 2020 28485 Apr 08, 2020 28399 Apr 09, 2020 28242 Apr 10, 2020 28144 Apr 11, 2020 27847 Apr 12, 2020 28023 Apr 13, 2020 28011 Apr 14, 2020 27643 Apr 15, 2020 26893 Apr 16, 2020 25786 Apr 17, 2020 25007 Apr 18, 2020 25033 Apr 19, 2020 24906 Apr 20, 2020 24134 Apr 21, 2020 23805 Apr 22, 2020 22871 Apr 23, 2020 22068 Apr 24, 2020 21533 Apr 25, 2020 21372 Apr 26, 2020 20353 Apr 27, 2020 19723 Apr 28, 2020 19210 Apr 29, 2020 18149 Apr 30, 2020 17569 May 01, 2020 17357 May 02, 2020 17242 May 03, 2020 16823 May 04, 2020 16270 May 05, 2020 15769 May 06, 2020 15174 May 07, 2020 14636 May 08, 2020 13834 May 09, 2020 13618 May 10, 2020 13539 May 11, 2020 12865 May 12, 2020 12172 May 13, 2020 11453 May 14, 2020 10792 May 15, 2020 10400 May 16, 2020 10311 May 17, 2020 10207 May 18, 2020 9991 May 19, 2020 9624 May 20, 2020 9269 May 21, 2020 8957 May 22, 2020 8695 May 23, 2020 8613 May 24, 2020 8185 May 25, 2020 7917 May 26, 2020 7729 May 27, 2020 7379 May 28, 2020 7094 May 29, 2020 6680 May 30, 2020 6387 May 31, 2020 6099 Jun 01, 2020 5916 Jun 02, 2020 5742 Jun 03, 2020 5503 Jun 04, 2020 5301 Jun 05, 2020 5002 Jun 06, 2020 4864 Jun 07, 2020 4729 Jun 08, 2020 4581 Jun 09, 2020 4320 Jun 10, 2020 4131 Jun 11, 2020 3893 Jun 12, 2020 3747 Jun 13, 2020 3594 Jun 14, 2020 3489 Jun 15, 2020 3301 Jun 16, 2020 3113 Jun 17, 2020 2867 Jun 18, 2020 2632 Jun 19, 2020 2474 Jun 20, 2020 2314 Jun 21, 2020 2038 Jun 22, 2020 1853 Jun 23, 2020 1610 Jun 24, 2020 1515 Jun 25, 2020 1356 Jun 26, 2020 1260 Jun 27, 2020 1160 Jun 28, 2020 1120 Jun 29, 2020 1090 Jun 30, 2020 1025 Jul 01, 2020 963 Jul 02, 2020 956 Jul 03, 2020 940 Jul 04, 2020 945 Jul 05, 2020 946 Jul 06, 2020 940 Jul 07, 2020 899 Jul 08, 2020 871 Jul 09, 2020 844 Jul 10, 2020 826 Jul 11, 2020 776 Jul 12, 2020 768 Jul 13, 2020 777 Jul 14, 2020 797 Jul 15, 2020 750 Jul 16, 2020 771 Jul 17, 2020 757 Jul 18, 2020 743 Jul 19, 2020 745 Jul 20, 2020 732 Jul 21, 2020 724 Jul 22, 2020 713 Jul 23, 2020 713 Jul 24, 2020 731 Jul 25, 2020 735 Jul 26, 2020 740 Jul 27, 2020 749 Jul 28, 2020 731 Jul 29, 2020 748 Jul 30, 2020 716 Jul 31, 2020 705 Aug 01, 2020 708 Aug 02, 2020 734 Aug 03, 2020 761 Aug 04, 2020 764 Aug 05, 2020 762 Aug 06, 2020 779 Aug 07, 2020 771 Aug 08, 2020 763 Aug 09, 2020 779 Aug 10, 2020 801 Aug 11, 2020 779 Aug 12, 2020 786 Aug 13, 2020 771 Aug 14, 2020 764 Aug 15, 2020 787 Aug 16, 2020 810 Aug 17, 2020 843 Aug 18, 2020 866 Aug 19, 2020 883 Aug 20, 2020 919 Aug 21, 2020 924 Aug 22, 2020 971 Aug 23, 2020 1045 Aug 24, 2020 1058 Aug 25, 2020 1055 Aug 26, 2020 1131 Aug 27, 2020 1178 Aug 28, 2020 1168 Aug 29, 2020 1251 Aug 30, 2020 1288 Aug 31, 2020 1380 Sep 01, 2020 1437 Sep 02, 2020 1505 Sep 03, 2020 1607 Sep 04, 2020 1620 Sep 05, 2020 1683 Sep 06, 2020 1719 Sep 07, 2020 1760 Sep 08, 2020 1778 Sep 09, 2020 1836 Sep 10, 2020 1849 Sep 11, 2020 1951 Sep 12, 2020 2042 Sep 13, 2020 2122 Sep 14, 2020 2222 Sep 15, 2020 2285 Sep 16, 2020 2348 Sep 17, 2020 2387 Sep 18, 2020 2380 Sep 19, 2020 2365 Sep 20, 2020 2475 Sep 21, 2020 2604 Sep 22, 2020 2658 Sep 23, 2020 2731 Sep 24, 2020 2737 Sep 25, 2020 2746 Sep 26, 2020 2846 Sep 27, 2020 2977 Sep 28, 2020 3048 Sep 29, 2020 3047 Sep 30, 2020 3097 Oct 01, 2020 3142 Oct 02, 2020 3205 Oct 03, 2020 3287 Oct 04, 2020 3487 Oct 05, 2020 3625 Oct 06, 2020 3782 Oct 07, 2020 3925 Oct 08, 2020 4086 Oct 09, 2020 4336 Oct 10, 2020 4519 Oct 11, 2020 4821 Oct 12, 2020 5076 Oct 13, 2020 5470 Oct 14, 2020 5796 Oct 15, 2020 6178 Oct 16, 2020 6617 Oct 17, 2020 7131 Oct 18, 2020 7676 Oct 19, 2020 8454 Oct 20, 2020 9057 Oct 21, 2020 9694 Oct 22, 2020 10549 Oct 23, 2020 11287 Oct 24, 2020 12006 Oct 25, 2020 12997 Oct 26, 2020 13955 Oct 27, 2020 14981 Oct 28, 2020 15964 Oct 29, 2020 16994 Oct 30, 2020 17966 Oct 31, 2020 18902 Nov 01, 2020 19840 Nov 02, 2020 21114 Nov 03, 2020 22116 Nov 04, 2020 23256 Nov 05, 2020 24005 Nov 06, 2020 25109 Nov 07, 2020 26440 Nov 08, 2020 27636 Nov 09, 2020 28633 Nov 10, 2020 29444 Nov 11, 2020 29873 Nov 12, 2020 30914 Nov 13, 2020 31398 Nov 14, 2020 32047 Nov 15, 2020 32536 Nov 16, 2020 33074 Nov 17, 2020 33504 Nov 18, 2020 33610 Nov 19, 2020 33957 Nov 20, 2020 34063 Nov 21, 2020 34279 Nov 22, 2020 34697 Nov 23, 2020 34577 Nov 24, 2020 34313 Nov 25, 2020 34038 Nov 26, 2020 33684 Nov 27, 2020 33299 Nov 28, 2020 32879 Nov 29, 2020 33187 Nov 30, 2020 32811 Dec 01, 2020 32454 Dec 02, 2020 31772 Dec 03, 2020 31200 Dec 04, 2020 30158 Dec 05, 2020 30391 Dec 06, 2020 30524 Dec 07, 2020 30081 Dec 08, 2020 29653 Dec 09, 2020 29088 Dec 10, 2020 28562 Dec 11, 2020 28066 Dec 12, 2020 27735 Dec 13, 2020 27765 Dec 14, 2020 27342 Dec 15, 2020 26897 Dec 16, 2020 26427 Dec 17, 2020 25769 Dec 18, 2020 25364 Dec 19, 2020 25158 Dec 20, 2020 25145 Dec 21, 2020 24948 Dec 22, 2020 24546 Dec 23, 2020 24070 Dec 24, 2020 23402 Dec 25, 2020 23312 Dec 26, 2020 23571 Dec 27, 2020 23932 Dec 28, 2020 23662 Dec 29, 2020 23566 Dec 30, 2020 23151 Dec 31, 2020 22822 Jan 01, 2021 22948 Jan 02, 2021 23075 Jan 03, 2021 23317 Jan 04, 2021 23395 Jan 05, 2021 23174

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