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. 2022 Jan 6;17(1):e0262347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262347

Fig 2. Average monthly hospitalizations, January-July, 2016–2019 compared to monthly hospitalizations and monthly reported COVID-19 cases* in 2020, United States.

Fig 2

(A) All-cause hospitalizations, (B) Non–respiratory system hospitalizations, (C) Respiratory system and COVID-19 hospitalizations. Dashed blue line, 2016–2019 hospitalizations; dotted green line, 2020 hospitalizations; solid red line (right-side y-axis), COVID-19 cases; solid black line, COVID-19 hospitalizations; vertical black dotted line, when state-mandated social distancing including stay-at-home orders began (mid-March 2020). COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019. *COVID-19 case counts were extracted from the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University [17].