CDC Data Shows COVID Hospitalizations Down: ‘Not so Unexpected’

Hospitalizations relating to COVID-19 have dropped for a second straight week, figures show.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

After a summer of slightly increasing COVID-19 hospital admissions, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that hospitalizations have declined for a second straight week.

For the week ending on Sept. 23, hospitalizations were down 3.1 percent, according to the CDC. A week before, they were down 4.3 percent, it shows.