Estimated COVID-19 Inpatient Bed Occupancy by State, Weekly Timeseries

COVID-19 Estimated Inpatient Beds Occupied by COVID-19 Patients by State Timeseries is a deprecated dataset from datahub.hhs.gov. It provides weekly state-aggregated estimates of hospital utilization, derived from HHS TeleTracking and state health department reports. The dataset was declared obsolete and updates were discontinued on July 29, 2021.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in hospital burden using `collection_date` and `Inpatient Beds Occupied by COVID-19 Patients Estimated`.
• Compare state-level impacts using `state` and `Percentage of Inpatient Beds Occupied by COVID-19 Patients Estimated`.
• Assess estimation uncertainty by examining the lower and upper bounds provided in columns like `Count LL`, `Count UL`, `Percentage LL`, and `Percentage UL`.
• Model the relationship between total capacity and COVID-19 occupancy using `Total Inpatient Beds` and the estimated occupancy columns.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from authoritative HHS systems, including HHS TeleTracking and HHS Protect.
• Provides estimated upper and lower bounds for key metrics, offering a view of uncertainty.
• Includes a `geocoded_state` column, which likely facilitates mapping and geospatial analysis.

Limitations

• The dataset is deprecated and was last updated in July 2021, making it a historical artifact only.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• The description notes the data are estimates that became obsolete as direct reporting improved.

Provenance

Source

datahub.hhs.gov, aggregating data from HHS TeleTracking and state/territorial health departments via HHS Protect.

Collection Method

State-aggregated estimates derived from facility-level reports.

Time Range

Covers the early COVID-19 pandemic period; specific start date is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-07-03 14:26:21; however, the underlying data series was discontinued in 2021.

Geography

United States, aggregated by state.