Reporting COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Clusters in Health Care Facilities

Long-term care facilities, including group homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and acute care facilities should report using the forms and instructions below.

Long-term care facilities

Long-term care facilities, including skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, should continue to use the online reporting form.

• COVID-19 Long-Term Care Report Form

Acute care facilities

Acute care facilities should report clusters of COVID-19 cases or request technical assistance for management of case clusters by using the online cluster report form.

• Report Form for Acute Care Clusters/Outbreaks

Acute care facilities should report clusters of COVID-19-like illness that fall into one or more of the following categories:

• Two or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in patients with symptom onset (or positive test, if asymptomatic) occurring four or more days after admission for a non-COVID-19 condition. Confirmed cases must occur within a seven-day period, and patients must share an epidemiologic link(s) (e.g., roommate, on same unit).
• Three or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 occurring within a seven-day period among health care workers who share an epidemiologic link(s).