The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lifted the requirement for hospitals to report COVID-19 hospitalization data to the Department of Health and Human Services. <\/p>\n
Effective May 1, the CDC says reporting by hospitals of COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity or hospital occupancy data is no longer a mandate. <\/p>\n
The CDC does however still strongly recommend voluntary reporting of the data. <\/p>\n
Any data voluntarily reported after the May 1 date will become available on May 10. <\/p>\n
This comes as COVID hospitalizations hit a record low. <\/p>\n
Weekly COVID hospitalizations dropped to an all-time low of 5,615 hospitalizations for the week of April 20, according to the CDC. <\/p>\n
Comparatively, hospitalizations for coronavirus peaked during the week of Jan. 15, 2022, with 150,650 hospitalizations, CDC data shows. This came amid a surge of infections from the omicron variant. <\/p>\n
Federal officials have been collecting COVID-19 data from hospitals since the pandemic began in March 2020. <\/p>\n
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