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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity

Emergency Department Visits Percentage of Visits for COVID-19-Like Illness (CLI) or Influenza-like Illness (ILI)

Emergency Department Visits Percentage of Visits for COVID-19-Like Illness (CLI) or Influenza-like Illness (ILI)
Updated Oct. 2, 2020

National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP): Emergency Department Visits
Percentage of Visits for COVID-19-Like Illness (CLI) or Influenza-like Illness (ILI)
September 29, 2019 – September 26, 2020
Data as of October 1, 2020
National
Week Number of Facilities Reporting Total Number of ED Visits CLI Visits ILI Visits
Number Percent of Total Visits Number Percent of Total Visits
201940 3,384 2,153,942 22,661 1.1 19,711 0.9
201941 3,379 2,107,033 23,502 1.1 20,508 1
201942 3,382 2,097,436 25,778 1.2 22,534 1.1
201943 3,378 2,120,092 26,901 1.3 23,833 1.1
201944 3,398 2,077,069 28,656 1.4 25,475 1.2
201945 3,438 2,138,465 33,228 1.6 30,017 1.4
201946 3,442 2,134,609 35,756 1.7 32,677 1.5
201947 3,465 2,222,966 38,792 1.7 36,311 1.6
201948 3,464 2,111,262 42,565 2 40,009 1.9
201949 3,472 2,239,243 41,272 1.8 37,951 1.7
201950 3,475 2,253,266 43,536 1.9 42,762 1.9
201951 3,476 2,237,106 49,178 2.2 51,215 2.3
201952 3,474 2,345,916 63,893 2.7 69,064 2.9
202001 3,516 2,430,859 58,592 2.4 58,282 2.4
202002 3,521 2,319,478 43,271 1.9 43,254 1.9
202003 3,514 2,289,719 42,277 1.8 45,318 2
202004 3,541 2,287,256 46,004 2 50,347 2.2
202005 3,550 2,381,767 53,960 2.3 60,553 2.5
202006 3,560 2,371,032 53,198 2.2 59,928 2.5
202007 3,575 2,306,570 47,380 2.1 51,670 2.2
202008 3,574 2,292,236 43,981 1.9 46,727 2
202009 3,583 2,254,314 40,760 1.8 42,519 1.9
202010 3,593 2,285,330 49,407 2.2 50,717 2.2
202011 3,601 2,271,460 76,513 3.4 72,590 3.2
202012 3,595 1,824,896 107,079 5.9 85,777 4.7
202013 3,615 1,467,379 98,924 6.7 63,302 4.3
202014 3,614 1,277,736 86,608 6.8 44,467 3.5
202015 3,607 1,214,507 72,518 6 30,625 2.5
202016 3,608 1,193,059 58,879 4.9 21,746 1.8
202017 3,596 1,263,626 53,145 4.2 17,818 1.4
202018 3,605 1,320,197 48,938 3.7 15,228 1.2
202019 3,600 1,382,617 42,823 3.1 12,843 0.9
202020 3,603 1,432,665 39,175 2.7 12,017 0.8
202021 3,625 1,534,814 36,352 2.4 11,530 0.8
202022 3,649 1,628,089 32,740 2 10,216 0.6
202023 3,650 1,677,335 30,464 1.8 9,986 0.6
202024 3,654 1,752,555 32,692 1.9 10,729 0.6
202025 3,659 1,797,254 41,894 2.3 13,665 0.8
202026 3,670 1,891,589 58,088 3.1 17,695 0.9
202027 3,673 1,897,008 72,857 3.8 20,002 1.1
202028 3,668 1,992,318 83,146 4.2 21,512 1.1
202029 3,671 1,950,413 79,813 4.1 20,051 1
202030 3,669 1,912,096 70,838 3.7 16,945 0.9
202031 3,669 1,900,537 63,538 3.3 15,638 0.8
202032 3,683 1,884,240 56,645 3 14,078 0.7
202033 3,682 1,916,625 49,786 2.6 13,362 0.7
202034 3,688 1,902,304 44,352 2.3 12,966 0.7
202035 3,691 1,905,882 41,082 2.2 12,724 0.7
202036 3,685 1,898,439 38,128 2 12,330 0.6
202037 3,683 1,911,428 37,247 1.9 12,972 0.7
202038 3,699 1,906,889 36,768 1.9 12,769 0.7
202039 3,699 1,906,831 36,553 1.9 13,065 0.7
Total 101,271,754 2,582,133 1,610,030