Hospitals in the United States are no longer required to report hospital admissions for COVID-19, making it more difficult to track the current state of the pandemic, which is still killing hundreds of Americans a week. “Effective May 1, 2024, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity, or hospital occupancy data to HHS through CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network,” the CDC said in a statement. Hospital data was available throughout the pandemic and was cited as an alternative data point when the Public Health Emergency expired in May 2023, w…