Every day, acute care hospitals in Washington are reporting the number of patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in their hospital to the Department of Health.
As of May 20, the chart was updated to reflect that hospitals are now reporting the total number of COVID-19 patients ventilated rather than the total number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU. This change aligns the data hospitals submit to DOH with the data they’re required to report to federal agencies.
The numbers in the columns represent the total number of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and both confirmed and suspected patients who were ventilated at those hospitals on that reporting day. The number of hospitals reporting varies on a day to day basis, so counts are not directly comparable from day to day.
Hospitals now report data through WA HEALTH, a new application developed in partnership with the Washington State Hospital Association. Previous hospitalization and ICU data were provided through partnerships with the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, for western Washington, the Regional Emergency and Disaster (REDi) Healthcare Coalition, for eastern Washington, and the Region IV Healthcare Preparedness Alliance, for southwest Washington, and the Washington State Hospital Association.
Note: This language was changed from "Intubations" and "Patient Intubated" to "Ventilations" and "Patients Ventilated" on in order to reflect updated definitions and data collection guidance from the CDC and NHSN which went into effect on June 10, 2020.
COVID-19 Confirmed Hospitalizations and Ventilations
Date |
Hospitals Reporting |
Total COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized |
Total COVID-19 Patients Ventilated |
6/5/2020 |
82 |
201 |
54 |
6/6/2020 |
70 |
209 |
63 |
6/7/2020 |
69 |
202 |
58 |
6/8/2020 |
98 |
235 |
90 |
6/9/2020 |
93 |
226 |
63 |
6/10/2020 |
92 |
226 |
31 |
6/11/2020 |
90 |
225 |
43 |