Goal	Stratification Variables
Public health goal 1: Mitigate or suppress community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through physical distancing and other nonpharmaceutical interventions
Syndromic surveillance	Age, geography (zip code/county)
No. and rate of ED visits for ILI and pneumonia
No. and rate of hospital admissions to the ED for ILI and pneumonia
No. and rate of hospitalizations for COVID-19	Age, sex, race/ethnicity, HCW status, symptom onset date, diagnosis date, geography (zip code), setting (hospital, nursing home, assisted living, adult care facility, skilled nursing facility)
No. and rate of deaths from COVID-19 (in and out of the hospital)
No. COVID-19 diagnoses
No. persons testing positive for SARS-CoV-2
Contact tracing, isolation, quarantine	Geography (zip code/county)
No. newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases that have been interviewed
No. close contacts identified
No. close contacts notified
No. tested
No. isolated
No. quarantined
Physical-distancing and nonpharmaceutical intervention implementation metrics
Work from home	Geography
Mass gatherings
Stay-at-home orders, self-isolation, self-quarantine
Public health goal 2: Prevent or minimize morbidity and mortality from COVID-19
No. confirmed and possible COVID-19 cases newly hospitalized	Age, HCW status, symptom onset date, geography (zip code), hospitalization date
No. confirmed COVID-19 cases currently in the hospital
No. in hospital
No. in ICU
No. on ventilator
No. discharged/recovered
No. COVID-19–related deaths
Capacity
No. and % of hospital beds available
No. and % of ICU beds available
Public health goal 3: Protect the health care workforce and other essential workers from becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2
No. active, hospital-based frontline HCWs and staff	Cadre (e.g., medical doctor, physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, other)
Total No. tested for SARS-CoV-2
No. positive
No. negative
No. pending
No. deaths among those with confirmed or suspected COVID-19

Note. ED = emergency department; HCW = health care worker; ICU = intensive care unit; ILI = influenza-like illness.