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Eleven states don't track or reveal COVID-19 hospitalizations The worst-case scenario for COVID-19 is that hospitals become overwhelmed with patients. If too many people become seriously ill too fast, there won't be enough ICU beds and ventilators for everyone who needs them, public health officials nationwide are warning, which could cause many more deaths from the virus. But 11 states and the District of Columbia either don't know or won't say how many COVID-19 patients have been admitted to their hospitals, according to an APM Reports survey of state health departments. Many states normally don't track that kind of data in real time, including COVID-19 hotspots like California and Washington state. Now they're scrambling to collect the information amid a global pandemic. ▻ Read the story  How have you been impacted by the coronavirus? The APM Reports team is investigating the ongoing effects of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Through our reporting, and with help from community members like you, we hope to shed light on how people are responding to the disease, whether people are able to protect themselves, and what life is like for the people who are sick and the health care workers who take care of them. ▻ Take our survey |