A new MMWR COVID-19 Stats shows that, from late June 2020 through July 2020, almost 3% of all emergency department visits in the United States were for COVID-19. Visits for COVID-19 then declined through August
2020. A larger and more prolonged increase of COVID-19 ED visits began in September 2020, peaking in early January 2021 with more than 7% of all visits from COVID-19. While influenza activity generally begins in October and occurs throughout the winter months, influenza accounted for less than 0.1% of all emergency department visits during June 2020─March 2021. More: https://bit.ly/MMWR41521.
