Fig. 1.

(a) Arrivals by Week. The first 10 weeks of both years are relatively consistent. A steep downward trend is observed in week 11 through week 15, after which point this trend changes and arrivals start to slowly recover. There is a notable increase in arrivals due to COVID-19 starting in week 11; (b) Admissions by Week. The first 10 weeks of 2019 and 2020 only display natural variations in hospital admissions through EDs. However, a steep decline in admissions occurred in week 11, continuing through week 15. Although admissions began to recover after week 15, they remained 25% lower than the 2019 admissions. Meanwhile, COVID-19 admissions appeared in week 11 of 2020, peaked at week 16, and continued to decline afterwards.