https://covid19.admin.ch#/definitions/HospCapacityDailyIncomingDataCapacity and occupancy of intensive care unit (ICU) and total hospital beds.
The resources needed to operate a hospital bed consist of a bed, space, medical devices, medication and qualified care professionals.
Data treatment hospital capacity:
For the period between March 30th, 2020 and November 9th, 2020, the capacities for ICU beds and total beds have been retroactively adjusted to match the patient numbers if lower capacity than patient numbers had been reported. Over the reported time period, continuous improvement steps have been taken to improve the data quality including automatic data controls when data is entered by hospitals and clinics. After November 9th, no retroactive adjustments have been necessary.
For the entire time period, erroneous entries have been corrected manually in consultation with the hospitals and clinics.
Depending on the prevalence of Covid-19 in Switzerland, hospitals are required to provide data between two times per week and two times per day. If multiple entries per day are reported, only the last entry is used in this dataset. If hospitals did not report data, the last entry is forward propagated to fill missing data points.
The data has been corrected as described above and aggregated on cantonal and national level with effectively reported values (nfp) and propagated values (fp7d).
Given that the reported patient numbers reported by hospitals are more reliable and accurate, the capacity data was retroactively adjusted to ensure a consistent dataset where capacity and patient numbers do not produce implausible results.
| Abstract | Extensible | Status | Identifiable | Custom Properties | Additional Properties | Access Restrictions | Defined In |
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| Can be instantiated | No | Unknown status | No | Forbidden | Allowed | none | sources.schema.json* |
object (HospCapacityDailyIncomingData)
Percentage of all ICU beds in use.
ICUPercent_AllPatients
number (ICUPercent_AllPatients)number (ICUPercent_AllPatients)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
ICU capacity percentage, always 100. Provided as helper value for visualisations.
ICUPercent_Capacity
number (ICUPercent_Capacity)number (ICUPercent_Capacity)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 100
Percentage of ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients.
ICUPercent_Covid19Patients
number (ICUPercent_Covid19Patients)number (ICUPercent_Covid19Patients)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Percentage of free ICU beds.
ICUPercent_FreeCapacity
number (ICUPercent_FreeCapacity)number (ICUPercent_FreeCapacity)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Percentage of ICU beds in use not related to COVID-19 patients.
ICUPercent_NonCovid19Patients
number (ICUPercent_NonCovid19Patients)number (ICUPercent_NonCovid19Patients)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Absolute number of all ICU beds in use.
ICU_AllPatients
number (ICU_AllPatients)number (ICU_AllPatients)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "ICU_AllPatients" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
ICU_AllPatients_mean15d
number (ICU_AllPatients_mean15d)number (ICU_AllPatients_mean15d)
Absolute number of all available ICU beds (max capacity).
ICU_Capacity
number (ICU_Capacity)number (ICU_Capacity)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "ICU_Capacity" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
ICU_Capacity_mean15d
number (ICU_Capacity_mean15d)number (ICU_Capacity_mean15d)
Absolute number of ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients.
ICU_Covid19Patients
number (ICU_Covid19Patients)number (ICU_Covid19Patients)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "ICU_Covid19Patients" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
ICU_Covid19Patients_mean15d
number (ICU_Covid19Patients_mean15d)number (ICU_Covid19Patients_mean15d)
Absolute number of free ICU beds.
ICU_FreeCapacity
number (ICU_FreeCapacity)number (ICU_FreeCapacity)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "ICU_FreeCapacity" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
ICU_FreeCapacity_mean15d
number (ICU_FreeCapacity_mean15d)number (ICU_FreeCapacity_mean15d)
Absolute number of ICU beds in use not related to COVID-19 patients.
ICU_NonCovid19Patients
number (ICU_NonCovid19Patients)number (ICU_NonCovid19Patients)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "ICU_NonCovid19Patients" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
ICU_NonCovid19Patients_mean15d
number (ICU_NonCovid19Patients_mean15d)number (ICU_NonCovid19Patients_mean15d)
Marks if an ICU exists for a given geoRegion and time.
ICU_exists
boolean (ICU_exists)boolean (ICU_exists)
Percentage of all beds in use.
TotalPercent_AllPatients
number (TotalPercent_AllPatients)number (TotalPercent_AllPatients)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Total capacity percentage, always 100. Provided as helper value for visualisations.
TotalPercent_Capacity
number (TotalPercent_Capacity)number (TotalPercent_Capacity)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 100
Percentage of beds in use by COVID-19 patients.
TotalPercent_Covid19Patients
number (TotalPercent_Covid19Patients)number (TotalPercent_Covid19Patients)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Percentage of free ICU beds.
TotalPercent_FreeCapacity
number (TotalPercent_FreeCapacity)number (TotalPercent_FreeCapacity)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Percentage of beds in use not related to COVID-19 patients.
TotalPercent_NonCovid19Patients
number (TotalPercent_NonCovid19Patients)number (TotalPercent_NonCovid19Patients)
maximum: the value of this number must smaller than or equal to: 100
minimum: the value of this number must greater than or equal to: 0
Absolute number of all beds in use.
Total_AllPatients
number (Total_AllPatients)number (Total_AllPatients)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "Total_AllPatients" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
Total_AllPatients_mean15d
number (Total_AllPatients_mean15d)number (Total_AllPatients_mean15d)
Absolute number of all available beds (max capacity).
Total_Capacity
number (Total_Capacity)number (Total_Capacity)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "Total_Capacity" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
Total_Capacity_mean15d
number (Total_Capacity_mean15d)number (Total_Capacity_mean15d)
Absolute number of beds in use by COVID-19 patients.
Total_Covid19Patients
number (Total_Covid19Patients)number (Total_Covid19Patients)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "Total_Covid19Patients" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
Total_Covid19Patients_mean15d
number (Total_Covid19Patients_mean15d)number (Total_Covid19Patients_mean15d)
Absolute number of free beds.
Total_FreeCapacity
number (Total_FreeCapacity)number (Total_FreeCapacity)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "Total_FreeCapacity" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
Total_FreeCapacity_mean15d
number (Total_FreeCapacity_mean15d)number (Total_FreeCapacity_mean15d)
Absolute number of beds in use not related to COVID-19 patients.
Total_NonCovid19Patients
number (Total_NonCovid19Patients)number (Total_NonCovid19Patients)
Rolling 15 day average (-7 days/ +7 days from the current day) of the "Total_NonCovid19Patients" values. Only for type_variant fp7d.
Total_NonCovid19Patients_mean15d
number (Total_NonCovid19Patients_mean15d)number (Total_NonCovid19Patients_mean15d)
Marks if a hospital exists for a given geoRegion and time.
Total_exists
boolean (Total_exists)boolean (Total_exists)
Date of the hospital capacity data.
Formatted as ISO-Date 2020-10-12
date
string (date)string (date)
Geographical unit of the data records.
May be either one of the top level Units CHFL, CH or FL for aggregated record sets or the canton of residence when available or the administrative canton i.e. the canton in which the case was diagnosed (if the place of residence is unknown or if the patient lives abroad).
geoRegion
string (GeoUnit)string (GeoUnit)
enum: the value of this property must be equal to one of the following values:
| Value | Explanation |
|---|---|
"AG" |
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"AI" |
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"AR" |
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"BE" |
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"BL" |
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"BS" |
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"CH" |
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"CH01" |
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"CH02" |
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"CH03" |
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"CH04" |
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"CH05" |
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"CH06" |
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"CH07" |
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"CHFL" |
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"FL" |
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"FR" |
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"GE" |
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"GL" |
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"GR" |
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"JU" |
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"LU" |
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"NE" |
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"NW" |
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"OW" |
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"SG" |
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"SH" |
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"SO" |
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"SZ" |
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"TG" |
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"TI" |
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"UR" |
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"VD" |
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"VS" |
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"ZG" |
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"ZH" |
Indicator if the record belongs to the latest 2 weeks timeframe. Current day is usually excluded.
timeframe_2w
boolean (timeframe_2w)boolean (timeframe_2w)
Indicator if the record belongs to the latest 4 weeks timeframe. Current day is usually excluded.
timeframe_4w
boolean (timeframe_4w)boolean (timeframe_4w)
Indicator if the record belongs to the timeframe for all available data
Starts at 24.02.2020 (Iso-Week 2020-09) for COVID19Cases, COVID19Hosp and COVID19Death types
Starts at 24.01.2020 for COVID19Test type for CH+FL data combined and from 23.05.2020 for data by canton/CH/FL individually
Starts at 30.03.2020 for COVID19HospCapacity type
timeframe_all
boolean (timeframe_all)boolean (timeframe_all)
COVID19Cases - Refers to persons that have at least one positive PCR/Antigen result for COVID-19. The number of cases differs from the number of new declarations announced daily due to the reporting delay.
COVID19Death - Refers to persons that have at least one positive PCR/Antigen result for COVID-19 for which we have received a declaration of death.
COVID19Hosp - Refers to persons that have at least one positive PCR result for COVID-19 for which we have received a clinical declaration stating that the person was hospitalized (at least one night stay). Hospitalizations without date of hospital entry will not occur in this table.
COVID19Test - Refers to PCR/Antigen tests for COVID-19 with a positive or a negative result.
COVID19HospCapacity - Refers to hospital (ICU/Total) capacity and occupancy information.
type
string (IncomingDataType)string (IncomingDataType)
enum: the value of this property must be equal to one of the following values:
| Value | Explanation |
|---|---|
"COVID19Cases" |
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"COVID19Death" |
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"COVID19Hosp" |
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"COVID19HospCapacity" |
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"COVID19Re" |
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"COVID19Test" |
Type variant to indicate how the reported data is handled for days where a hospital does not report any new data.
fp7d The latest reported data is considered valid for 7 days and the latest values are forward propagated for 7 days on each record.
nfp Reported date is only valid for the current day, no forward propagation is done. Each record reflects the data reported for that specific day.
type_variant
string (type_variant)string (type_variant)
enum: the value of this property must be equal to one of the following values:
| Value | Explanation |
|---|---|
"fp7d" |
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"nfp" |
Timestamp of data processing.
format YYYY-MM-DD_HH-mm-SS
version
string (version)string (version)