As of 9/12/2024, we will begin reporting on hospitalization data again using a new San Francisco specific dataset. Updated data can be accessed here.

On 5/1/2024, hospitalization data reporting will change from mandatory to optional for all hospitals nationwide. We will be pausing the refresh of the underlying data beginning 5/2/2024.

A. SUMMARY Count of COVID+ patients admitted to the hospital. Patients who are hospitalized and test positive for COVID-19 may be admitted to an acute care bed (a regular hospital bed), or an intensive care unit (ICU) bed. This data shows the daily total count of COVID+ patients in these two bed types, and the data reflects totals from all San Francisco Hospitals.

B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED Hospital information is based on admission data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and provided by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

C. UPDATE PROCESS Updates automatically every week.

D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET Each record represents how many people were hospitalized on the date recorded in either an ICU bed or acute care bed (shown as Med/Surg under DPHCategory field).

The dataset shown here includes all San Francisco hospitals and updates weekly with data for the past Sunday-Saturday as information is collected and verified. Data may change as more current information becomes available.

E. CHANGE LOG9/12/2024 -Hospitalization data are now being tracked through a new source and are available here. 5/1/2024 - hospitalization data reporting to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) changed from mandatory to optional for all hospitals nationwide. We will be pausing the refresh of the underlying data beginning 5/2/2024. 12/14/2023 – added column “hospitalreportingpct” to indicate the percentage of hospitals who submitted data on each report date. 8/7/2023 - In response to the end of the federal public health emergency on 5/11/2023 the California Hospital Association (CHA) stopped the collection and dissemination of COVID-19 hospitalization data. In alignment with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), hospitalization data from 5/11/2023 onward are being pulled from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). The NHSN data is updated weekly and does not include information on COVID suspected (PUI) patients. 4/9/2021 - dataset updated daily with a four-day data lag.