LOGINWith COVID cases rising again in Southern and Western states, the Washington Post reported that many hospitals are under renewed strain, with beds being filled to capacity.
In order to measure the true number of hospital admissions, we have developed an algorithm that can track overnight stays for any period of time (by excluding staff and visitors).
The chart below reflects the critical situation that hospitals are facing in light of rising case numbers. In June, South Carolina hospitals saw a 64% increase in admissions of between 3-7 days compared to last year. In Arizona the increase was 38%.
Looking more closely at the near-term data, the following chart shows the percentage change in overnight stays of longer than 3 days since the second week of March.
All five states that we analyzed are showing a clear increase in admissions, with Mississippi up 80% in mid-June, compared to March, and South Carolina up 58%
The overnight stay data is key, because it filters out outpatient visits and other intra-day traffic, offering a truer measure of the strain that hospitals are experiencing in states where COVID cases are growing.
When we looked at total foot traffic for hospitals in the same states, the trend was reversed. With fewer elective procedures and widespread restriction on the number of visitors in hospitals, overall foot traffic was down year-over-year in every state. This further reinforces the dramatic increase in hospitalizations over the past month, since the majority of these admissions are likely to be COVID-related and not due to other procedures.
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