COVID-19 forecasts: new hospitalizations

Forecasts that estimate the numbers of daily new COVID-19 hospitalizations over the next four weeks vary considerably. The two national forecasts included here\u2014from Columbia University and the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2014predict different rates of hospitalizations over time, with large uncertainty bounds.Standardized reporting of state-level hospitalization data is limited, so most forecasts estimate the number of new hospitalizations from data sets of COVID-19 cases or deaths. The use of different data sets, with different limitations\u2014along with the use of different assumptions about social distancing\u2014results in high variation between forecastsInterpretation of Forecasts of New Hospitalizations -- Forecast Assumptions -- National Forecasts -- State Forecasts -- Modeling Groups.2020773