Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 16, 2021

COVID-19 Stats: COVID-19 and Influenza Discharge Diagnoses as a Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits, by Year — United States, June 2018–March 2021

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  • Between June 2020 and March 2021, emergency department (ED) visits for influenza accounted for less than 0.1% of all visits in approximately 71% of US facilities in all states except Hawaii. By contrast, influenza visits reached 3.1% of all ED visits in February 2018 and 5% of all ED visits in February 2019 alone. ED visits for COVID-19 accounted for 2.8% of ED visits in early July 2020, then peaked at 7.2% in early January 2021.

Gates et al. (Apr 16, 2021). COVID-19 Stats: COVID-19 and Influenza Discharge Diagnoses as a Percentage of Emergency Department (ED) Visits, by Year — United States, June 2018–March 2021. MMWR. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7015a7