Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Emergency Department Visits — United States, January 1, 2019–May 30, 2020

The report was released on June 10, 2020, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It presents an analysis of the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP). The NSSP data captures about 73% of emergency department visits nationwide. The NSSP collects data from a subset of hospitals in 47 states (all but Hawaii, South Dakota, and Wyoming), representing 3,552 emergency departments. The researchers analyzed total weekly visit volume during January 1, 2019 through May 30, 2020. The analysis considered age, sex, region, and the reason for the visit . . .