ED visit data will serve as an early indicator of COVID-19 activity.Aggregate case and death count reporting has been discontinued.Provisional death certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) will become the primary source for mortality surveillance, replacing aggregate death counts.
COVID-19 hospital admission levels are comparable with CCLs. COVID-19 hospital admission levels replace COVID-19 Community Levels (CCLs) as the main indicator of county trends.Hospital admission rates and the percentage of COVID-19 deaths among all deaths are now the primary surveillance metrics.These are the most notable changes to COVID Data Tracker: Several pages have also been retired, but COVID Data Tracker has a page with links to archived data and visualizations. The homepage has a new look, and there are also new landing pages for hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits, and death data, as well as visualizations of trends and maps. The latest updates to CDC’s COVID Data Tracker reflect these changes. Some surveillance metrics will remain the same, but some will change in terms of reporting frequency, data sources, or availability. This doesn’t mean that COVID-19 is over, but the end of the PHE did initiate a cascade of updates to COVID-19 data collection, reporting, and surveillance. Yesterday, May 11, 2023, marked the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. This is the 97th and final issue of the COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review.
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