- How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows? The Trump administration told hospitals to stop reporting data to the CDC, and report it to HHS instead. Vice President Mike Pence said the information would continue to be released publicly. It hasn’t worked out as promised. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-many-people-in-the-us-are-hospitalized-with-covid-19-who-knows 334 comments politics