Massachusetts Hospitals to Report Whether Admissions Are Primarily Because of COVID-19

A medical worker places a nasal swab into a test tube after performing a COVID-19 PCR test at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, Mass., on Dec. 20, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFPvia Getty Images

Massachusetts will soon differentiate in the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization data whether the patients were admitted to the hospital because of COVID-19 or they just happened to have the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus that causes it.

Public health officials of Massachusetts said that starting from Jan. 10, hospitals in Massachusetts will be reporting whether admissions are “primary or incidental to COVID-19,” reported Boston Globe. The state’s daily update for “patients hospitalized for COVID-19” currently counts both types of admissions.