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State and nation-level values are pulled directly from the source; HHS-level values are aggregated up from the state level.
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| Signal | Description |
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| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| Signal | Description |
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| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_covid_ew` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.<br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_covid_ew_prelim` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_flu_ew` | Total number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_flu_ew_prelim` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew_prelim` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week. <br/> **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 |
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## Table of Contents
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Between reference dates 2024-05-01 and 2024-10-31, reported hospitalizations may not be fully representative, since reporting was voluntary.
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See the [missingness section](#missingness) for more information about voluntary and mandatory reporting periods.
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Data for RSV from the pre-October 31, 2024 voluntary reporting period is particularly low quality. Only a tiny fraction of hospitals reported RSV-associated admissions such that they are undercounted by a factor of perhaps 100. For historical RSV-associated admissions, see the [CDC's RSV-NET](https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/php/surveillance/rsv-net.html) (not currently mirrored by Delphi).
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For earlier issue dates certain signals may not be available. The earliest issue date with all the current signals available is epiweek 202451
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Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics.
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