State-Level COVID-19 Hospital Impact and Capacity Time Series

State-aggregated timeseries data on hospital utilization and COVID-19 patient impact dating back to January 1, 2020. The dataset is compiled from multiple federal reporting sources, including the NHSN and HHS TeleTracking, and was last updated in July 2025. It provides daily values reported by facilities within the last four days to ensure representation even after missed reports.

Use Cases

• Modeling state-level ICU bed demand using `total_staffed_adult_icu_beds` and `adult_icu_bed_utilization`.
• Tracking pediatric COVID-19 hospitalization trends with `total_pediatric_patients_hospitalized_confirmed_covid`.
• Analyzing daily new adult COVID-19 admissions by age group using columns like `previous_day_admission_adult_covid_confirmed_30-39`.
• Assessing hospital occupancy and COVID-specific burden via `inpatient_beds_used` and `inpatient_beds_used_covid`.
• Monitoring therapeutic drug usage and supply with fields like `previous_week_therapeutic_b_bamlanivimab_courses_used`.

Strengths

• Timeseries format with daily data starting January 2020.
• Data undergoes routine quality review by subject matter experts to correct entry errors.
• Prioritization logic is applied to prevent duplicate facility reports from multiple sources.

Limitations

• Data collection was discontinued after May 2024, limiting current analysis.
• No statistical adjustment is applied for non-response or missing data.
• The dataset description does not specify the total number of rows or states covered.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Aggregated from facility-level reports submitted to NHSN, HHS TeleTracking, and HHS Protect, with prioritization to deduplicate.

Time Range

January 1, 2020 onward.

Freshness

Data updates ceased after May 3, 2024; the file's last metadata update was July 2025.

Geography

United States, aggregated by state.