State-Level COVID-19 Hospital Impact and Capacity Timeseries

Over 50 state-aggregated metrics track hospital utilization from January 1, 2020. The dataset is compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from facility-level reports via HHS TeleTracking, HHS Protect, and the National Healthcare Safety Network. It provides daily values updated with the latest facility reports from the last four days.

Use Cases

• Modeling inpatient_beds_used_covid against previous_day_admission_adult_covid_confirmed metrics to forecast bed shortages.
• Analyzing staffed_icu_adult_patients_confirmed_covid trends to assess ICU pressure across different states (geocoded_state).
• Tracking pediatric hospitalization rates using columns like previous_day_admission_pediatric_covid_confirmed_5_11 and total_staffed_pediatric_icu_beds.
• Monitoring staffing shortages via critical_staffing_shortage_today_yes and critical_staffing_shortage_anticipated_within_week_yes indicators.

Strengths

• Timeseries data spans from January 2020, covering multiple pandemic waves.
• Includes over 50 specific metrics on admissions, bed occupancy, and staffing.
• Data is updated regularly with the latest values reported within the last four days.

Limitations

• No statistical analysis is applied to account for non-response or missing data, as stated in the description.
• Mandatory reporting ended in May 2024, limiting data completeness after that date.
• Pediatric-specific fields were only added in April 2022, creating a shorter historical record for those metrics.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (datahub.hhs.gov).

Collection Method

Aggregated from facility-level reports submitted to HHS TeleTracking, HHS Protect, and the National Healthcare Safety Network.

Time Range

January 1, 2020 onward.

Freshness

Updated regularly; last platform update was July 3, 2025.

Geography

United States, aggregated by state (geocoded_state).