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U.S. weekly hospital respiratory admissions (COVID-19, flu and RSV)

CDC's national weekly hospital respiratory data from NHSN: new admissions and inpatients with confirmed COVID-19, influenza and RSV, and bed occupancy, for each of the last 52 weeks.

Monitor this sourceAPI, CLI, SDK and MCP

At a glance

Jurisdiction
United States (federal)
Publisher updates
Weekly (usually Fridays), with revisions
SourceFinch checks
Daily by default
Records per run
52 in the latest run
Record key
week
Acquired from
Open data portal: https://data.cdc.gov/resource/ua7e-t2fy.json?$select=weekendingdate,jurisdiction,totalconfc19newadm,totalconfflunewadm,totalconfrsvnewadm,totalconfc19hosppats,totalconffluhosppats,totalconfrsvhosppats,pctinptbedsocc,pcticubedsocc,pctconfc19inptbeds,pctconffluinptbeds,pctconfrsvinptbeds,numinptbedshosprep&jurisdiction=USA&$order=weekendingdate%20DESC&$limit=52
Recipe
v1.0.0, approved October 13, 2026
Verified since
October 13, 2026
Last green run
October 13, 2026

What the data contains

Since November 2024, U.S. hospitals report respiratory illness data weekly to CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). CDC publishes the Weekly Hospital Respiratory Data (HRD) metrics by jurisdiction on data.cdc.gov, usually on Friday for the week ending the previous Saturday, and revises recent weeks as late reports arrive. This source reads the national rows (jurisdiction USA) of that dataset for the last 52 weeks on each daily run and makes one record per week keyed by the week ending date: new admissions and hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, influenza and RSV, inpatient and ICU bed occupancy, the share of inpatient beds used by each virus and the number of hospitals reporting. Counts are aggregates with no person-level data. A monitor reports each new week and each revision. SourceFinch is independent of CDC.

Fields and types

Every record has these fields. The key field week identifies a record across runs, so changes are reported field by field.

FieldTypeDescription
weekkeydateWeek ending date (Saturday) of the reporting week (YYYY-MM-DD). The record key.
jurisdictionstringReporting jurisdiction: USA, the national total.
covid_admissionsinteger, nullableNew hospital admissions of patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 during the week, all ages.
flu_admissionsinteger, nullableNew hospital admissions of patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the week, all ages.
rsv_admissionsinteger, nullableNew hospital admissions of patients with laboratory-confirmed RSV during the week, all ages.
covid_inpatientsnumber, nullableHospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 (weekly average of daily counts; can be fractional).
flu_inpatientsnumber, nullableHospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza (weekly average of daily counts; can be fractional).
rsv_inpatientsnumber, nullableHospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed RSV (weekly average of daily counts; can be fractional).
inpatient_beds_occupied_pctnumber, nullablePercentage of inpatient beds occupied, all causes.
icu_beds_occupied_pctnumber, nullablePercentage of ICU beds occupied, all causes.
covid_inpatient_beds_pctnumber, nullablePercentage of inpatient beds occupied by patients with confirmed COVID-19.
flu_inpatient_beds_pctnumber, nullablePercentage of inpatient beds occupied by patients with confirmed influenza.
rsv_inpatient_beds_pctnumber, nullablePercentage of inpatient beds occupied by patients with confirmed RSV.
hospitals_reportinginteger, nullableNumber of hospitals that reported inpatient bed data for the week.

Sample output

The first 5 of 52 records from SourceFinch's own run on October 13, 2026, exactly as delivered.

FieldRecord 1Record 2Record 3Record 4Record 5
week2026-10-032026-09-262026-09-192026-09-122026-09-05
jurisdictionUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
covid_admissions42534563456543214048
flu_admissions33342633206015401243
rsv_admissions541460411329299
covid_inpatients36353689354933242901
flu_inpatients2143172713951109852
rsv_inpatients329334327332304
inpatient_beds_occupied_pct74.7574.7474.6974.2874.08
icu_beds_occupied_pct70.9870.4370.3670.1770.17
covid_inpatient_beds_pct0.550.530.510.480.41
flu_inpatient_beds_pct0.320.250.20.160.12
rsv_inpatient_beds_pct0.050.050.050.050.04
hospitals_reporting44874808480348544889
Sample as JSON
[
  {
    "week": "2026-10-03",
    "jurisdiction": "USA",
    "flu_admissions": 3334,
    "flu_inpatients": 2143,
    "rsv_admissions": 541,
    "rsv_inpatients": 329,
    "covid_admissions": 4253,
    "covid_inpatients": 3635,
    "hospitals_reporting": 4487,
    "icu_beds_occupied_pct": 70.98,
    "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.32,
    "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.05,
    "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.55,
    "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": 74.75
  },
  {
    "week": "2026-09-26",
    "jurisdiction": "USA",
    "flu_admissions": 2633,
    "flu_inpatients": 1727,
    "rsv_admissions": 460,
    "rsv_inpatients": 334,
    "covid_admissions": 4563,
    "covid_inpatients": 3689,
    "hospitals_reporting": 4808,
    "icu_beds_occupied_pct": 70.43,
    "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.25,
    "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.05,
    "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.53,
    "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": 74.74
  },
  {
    "week": "2026-09-19",
    "jurisdiction": "USA",
    "flu_admissions": 2060,
    "flu_inpatients": 1395,
    "rsv_admissions": 411,
    "rsv_inpatients": 327,
    "covid_admissions": 4565,
    "covid_inpatients": 3549,
    "hospitals_reporting": 4803,
    "icu_beds_occupied_pct": 70.36,
    "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.2,
    "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.05,
    "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.51,
    "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": 74.69
  },
  {
    "week": "2026-09-12",
    "jurisdiction": "USA",
    "flu_admissions": 1540,
    "flu_inpatients": 1109,
    "rsv_admissions": 329,
    "rsv_inpatients": 332,
    "covid_admissions": 4321,
    "covid_inpatients": 3324,
    "hospitals_reporting": 4854,
    "icu_beds_occupied_pct": 70.17,
    "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.16,
    "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.05,
    "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.48,
    "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": 74.28
  },
  {
    "week": "2026-09-05",
    "jurisdiction": "USA",
    "flu_admissions": 1243,
    "flu_inpatients": 852,
    "rsv_admissions": 299,
    "rsv_inpatients": 304,
    "covid_admissions": 4048,
    "covid_inpatients": 2901,
    "hospitals_reporting": 4889,
    "icu_beds_occupied_pct": 70.17,
    "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.12,
    "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.04,
    "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": 0.41,
    "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": 74.08
  }
]

Evidence behind every value

  • Each run keeps the publisher's exact response, hashed with SHA-256. This sample came from a response with hash 6295f3000636ea25347bd80784ec06c24c37a6e56468d2cbe907e448c5ac61fe.
  • Every value records where it came from in that response: a JSON Pointer into the retained capture.
  • Each run gets a signed manifest (Ed25519) timestamped by an RFC 3161 authority: this run's manifest hash is 7926702708b90ad68f6103b576eab85558c52895e8133ea9d3a71f1a3f1281ef, timestamped October 13, 2026.
  • The compliance state at capture is recorded with the evidence: robots.txt hash and verdict, AI-preference signals, crawler identity and the usage rights below.
  • Download any run as an evidence bundle (WACZ) and check it offline, without trusting SourceFinch: sourcefinch verify-bundle run.wacz.

Terms posture and usage rights

Terms
Automated access permitted · publisher's terms
robots.txt
Allows this path · SHA-256 934839c9662d4a49…
AI-preference signals
None observed at review
Public record
Yes. CDC National Healthcare Safety Network Weekly Hospital Respiratory Data; U.S. government work (17 U.S.C. 105), dataset licence Public Domain U.S. Government.
Reviewed
October 13, 2026; next review April 13, 2027
Licence basis
U.S. government work (public domain)
Commercial use
Allowed
Redistribution
Allowed
Attribution
Required (text below)

CDC's use of agency materials page states that most information on CDC websites is in the public domain and may be freely used or reproduced without permission, provided users attribute it to CDC, carry a disclaimer that their use does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS or the U.S. Government, do not change the substantive content and state that the material is otherwise available on the agency website at no charge. The dataset's metadata on data.cdc.gov states the licence Public Domain U.S. Government. data.cdc.gov's robots.txt (Socrata) allows the /resource/ API path with a one-second crawl delay; the SODA API is keyless for light use and this source makes one request per daily run. Records are national aggregates with no person-level data.

Source: CDC (data.cdc.gov). The data is otherwise available from CDC at no charge. SourceFinch is independent of CDC; its use does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Usage rights travel with every record SourceFinch delivers (API, exports, webhooks and evidence bundles). They are our documented understanding of the publisher's stated terms, not legal advice.

Reliability

Runs, last 30 days
1
Green
100%
Failed
0
Median run time
0.8 s
Latest run
success, October 13, 2026

Measured on completed runs of this recipe version across SourceFinch, anonymized, within a rolling 30-day window. First successful observation: October 13, 2026. A new recipe has only the history collected since that date; this is not a 30-day uptime guarantee.

Use it

Every surface creates the same monitor from this Verified recipe. Monitors keep record history, report field-level changes and deliver by webhook, export or email. You confirm you have the right to collect the source (rights: true).

Console

Open this recipe in the console: it preserves the reviewed URL, fields and record key. Review the latest captured sample, confirm source rights, and choose a schedule before creating your monitor.

Portable recipe

Copy into the console's Import or share a recipe panel to customize fields, types and schedules. This configuration contains no captured records or workspace IDs.

{
  "schema": "sourcefinch/source@1",
  "name": "U.S. weekly hospital respiratory admissions (COVID-19, flu and RSV)",
  "url": "https://data.cdc.gov/resource/ua7e-t2fy.json?$select=weekendingdate,jurisdiction,totalconfc19newadm,totalconfflunewadm,totalconfrsvnewadm,totalconfc19hosppats,totalconffluhosppats,totalconfrsvhosppats,pctinptbedsocc,pcticubedsocc,pctconfc19inptbeds,pctconffluinptbeds,pctconfrsvinptbeds,numinptbedshosprep&jurisdiction=USA&$order=weekendingdate%20DESC&$limit=52",
  "recipe": {
    "mode": "http",
    "format": "json",
    "items": "[*]",
    "fields": {
      "week": "weekendingdate",
      "jurisdiction": "jurisdiction",
      "flu_admissions": "totalconfflunewadm",
      "flu_inpatients": "totalconffluhosppats",
      "rsv_admissions": "totalconfrsvnewadm",
      "rsv_inpatients": "totalconfrsvhosppats",
      "covid_admissions": "totalconfc19newadm",
      "covid_inpatients": "totalconfc19hosppats",
      "hospitals_reporting": "numinptbedshosprep",
      "icu_beds_occupied_pct": "pcticubedsocc",
      "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": "pctconffluinptbeds",
      "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": "pctconfrsvinptbeds",
      "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": "pctconfc19inptbeds",
      "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": "pctinptbedsocc"
    },
    "required": [
      "week",
      "jurisdiction"
    ],
    "types": {
      "covid_admissions": "integer",
      "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": "number",
      "covid_inpatients": "number",
      "flu_admissions": "integer",
      "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": "number",
      "flu_inpatients": "number",
      "hospitals_reporting": "integer",
      "icu_beds_occupied_pct": "number",
      "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": "number",
      "rsv_admissions": "integer",
      "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": "number",
      "rsv_inpatients": "number",
      "week": "date"
    }
  },
  "schedule": "daily",
  "key_field": "week"
}

source.json

The request body used by the API, CLI and SDK examples.

{
  "name": "U.S. weekly hospital respiratory admissions (COVID-19, flu and RSV)",
  "url": "https://data.cdc.gov/resource/ua7e-t2fy.json?$select=weekendingdate,jurisdiction,totalconfc19newadm,totalconfflunewadm,totalconfrsvnewadm,totalconfc19hosppats,totalconffluhosppats,totalconfrsvhosppats,pctinptbedsocc,pcticubedsocc,pctconfc19inptbeds,pctconffluinptbeds,pctconfrsvinptbeds,numinptbedshosprep&jurisdiction=USA&$order=weekendingdate%20DESC&$limit=52",
  "recipe": {
    "mode": "http",
    "format": "json",
    "items": "[*]",
    "fields": {
      "week": "weekendingdate",
      "jurisdiction": "jurisdiction",
      "flu_admissions": "totalconfflunewadm",
      "flu_inpatients": "totalconffluhosppats",
      "rsv_admissions": "totalconfrsvnewadm",
      "rsv_inpatients": "totalconfrsvhosppats",
      "covid_admissions": "totalconfc19newadm",
      "covid_inpatients": "totalconfc19hosppats",
      "hospitals_reporting": "numinptbedshosprep",
      "icu_beds_occupied_pct": "pcticubedsocc",
      "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": "pctconffluinptbeds",
      "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": "pctconfrsvinptbeds",
      "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": "pctconfc19inptbeds",
      "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": "pctinptbedsocc"
    },
    "required": [
      "week",
      "jurisdiction"
    ],
    "types": {
      "week": "date",
      "flu_admissions": "integer",
      "flu_inpatients": "number",
      "rsv_admissions": "integer",
      "rsv_inpatients": "number",
      "covid_admissions": "integer",
      "covid_inpatients": "number",
      "hospitals_reporting": "integer",
      "icu_beds_occupied_pct": "number",
      "flu_inpatient_beds_pct": "number",
      "rsv_inpatient_beds_pct": "number",
      "covid_inpatient_beds_pct": "number",
      "inpatient_beds_occupied_pct": "number"
    }
  },
  "key_field": "week",
  "schedule": "daily",
  "rights": true,
  "catalog": {
    "slug": "cdc-weekly-hospital-respiratory-data",
    "version_id": "772477ef-767a-4322-8c8f-7d890349100f"
  }
}

REST API

Create an API key under Console → API keys. Reference: /docs/api.

# the Verified entry (fields, recipe, sample, terms) as JSON
curl https://sourcefinch.com/v1/catalog/cdc-weekly-hospital-respiratory-data -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY"

# create the monitor from source.json (below)
curl -X POST https://sourcefinch.com/v1/sources \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d @source.json

# then run it now (later runs follow the schedule)
curl -X POST https://sourcefinch.com/v1/sources/$SOURCE_ID/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"

CLI

The sourcefinch CLI is not on npm yet; see /docs/cli.

sourcefinch login
sourcefinch catalog get cdc-weekly-hospital-respiratory-data --source-json > source.json
sourcefinch sources create --file source.json
sourcefinch runs create $SOURCE_ID --wait
sourcefinch records $SOURCE_ID

TypeScript SDK

The SDK is not on npm yet; see /docs/sdk.

import { SourceFinch } from "@sourcefinch/sdk";

const sf = new SourceFinch({ apiKey: process.env.SOURCEFINCH_API_KEY });
const entry = await sf.catalog.get("cdc-weekly-hospital-respiratory-data");
const source = await sf.sources.create({
  catalog: { slug: entry.slug, version_id: entry.recipe.version_id },
  name: entry.name.slice(0, 100),
  url: entry.acquisition_path.endpoint,
  recipe: entry.recipe.definition,
  key_field: entry.recipe.key_field,
  schedule: entry.recipe.schedule,
  rights: true, // you confirm you have the right to collect this source
});
const run = await sf.runs.wait((await sf.runs.create(source.id)).id);
console.log(run.status);

MCP

Remote MCP server with OAuth; see /docs/mcp.

claude mcp add --transport http sourcefinch https://sourcefinch.com/mcp

# then ask your agent:
"Use SourceFinch to monitor U.S. weekly hospital respiratory admissions (COVID-19, flu and RSV): get_catalog_source cdc-weekly-hospital-respiratory-data,
then create_source with its create_source_args (dry run first), then run_source."

Pricing

Each check is one run, whatever the number of records, and failed runs are free. On its default daily schedule this source uses about 30 runs a month, which fits the Free plan's 300 runs. It uses HTTP acquisition, so no browser runs are needed. See plans.

More from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in public health statistics.

SourceFinch is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This page describes u.s. weekly hospital respiratory admissions (covid-19, flu and rsv) as SourceFinch acquires it.