Add to ORKGUpdated Oct. 20, 2020Interpretation of Forecasts of New Hospitalizations\u2022 This week CDC received forecasts of daily, new reported COVID-19 hospitalizations over the next 4 weeks from ten modeling groups.\u2022 Four national forecasts predict a likely increase in the number of new hospitalizations per day over the next four weeks, one forecast predicts a likely decrease, and three forecasts are uncertain about the trend or predict stable numbers. For November 16, the forecasts estimate 2,600 to 6,200 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per day.\u2022 State-level forecasts also show a high degree of variability, which results from multiple factors. Hospitalization forecasts use different sources of data for COVID-19 cases or deaths, with diff...