A CNN analysis of newly released data from the US Department of Health and Human Services shows that at least 200 hospitals across the country were at full capacity and more than 90% of intensive care unit beds were occupied in one-third of hospitals nationwide last week.
Patients confirmed to have Covid-19 occupied 28% of inpatient beds and 46% of staffed ICU beds, on average, up from 19% and 37% in the first week of November.
HHS had previously reported Covid-19 hospitalization data at the state level, but this dataset – released Monday – is the first from the national government to report local, facility-level data.
The Covid Tracking Project also reports hospitalization data – including data from the HHS – but only at the state level.
Data will be reported weekly, with data aggregated each Friday through Thursday; the most recent seven-day collection period started on Nov. 27, and the time series goes back to August 1, 2020.
The dataset includes facilities that self-reported data, and this analysis excludes hospitals for which data was suppressed due to small counts.