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Biden officials trying to recalculate U.S. Covid-19 hospitalizations

A task force comprised of scientists and data specialists at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with hospitals nationwide to improve Covid-19 reporting.

The group is asking hospitals to report numbers of patients who go to the facility because they have Covid-19 and separate those from individuals who go in for other reasons and test positive after being admitted, the two officials said.

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The administration’s goal is to get a more accurate sense of Covid’s impact across the country.