COVID-19

• COVID Data Tracker (CDC)
• COVID-19 Nursing Home Data (CMS) – Resident and staff COVID-19 vaccination data are available by nursing home and state

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Resources related to reporting COVID-19 data to NHSN are available on the CDC website, including protocols, data collection forms, and analysis resources. For more information about reporting COVID-19 vaccination data, see CDC’s frequently asked questions.

• Dialysis facilities: COVID-19 vaccination reporting requirements for Virginia dialysis facilities are established by Quality Insights.
• Facilities that are part of the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program, or Long-Term Acute Care Quality Reporting Program: These facilities are required to submit COVID-19 vaccination data via the Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Module for at least one week per month to fulfill CMS reporting requirements.
• Long-term care facilities:
  • CMS-certified long-term care facilities are required to report various COVID-19 case and/or vaccination data through the National Healthcare Safety Network’s Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccination Module. There is protocol for both facility residents and healthcare personnel. 
  • LTCFs also have the option to report COVID-19 test results provided by a POC test device through the NHSN Point-of-Care (POC) Test Reporting Tool. Important: the reporting of POC test result data in this tool does not take the place of answering test-related questions in the Respiratory Pathogens and Vaccination Module.  
  • Skilled nursing homes certified by CMS may report the POC test results to either the VDH portal or to NHSN. Facilities only need to report to one system, as results from NHSN are reported to appropriate state and local health departments using standard electronic laboratory messages.  

Virginia Communicable Disease & Outbreak Reporting Requirements

• Effective February 13, 2025, physicians, persons in charge of medical care facilities, and local health directors are no longer required to report suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 as outlined in 12VAC5-90-90(A, C, E) and 12VAC5-90-80(I).   
• Directors of laboratories, including laboratories that hold Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Certificates of Waiver, are still required to report all positive SARS-CoV-2 test results as outlined in 12VAC5-90-80(J) and 12VAC5-90-90(B).   
  • The report must be submitted electronically within three days of identification using either VDH’s available portal for laboratory reporting (VDH’s COVID-19 Point of Care (POC) Test Reporting Portal) or Electronic Laboratory Reporting. 
• Suspected or confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks or clusters of cases should continue to be reported to your local health department immediately by all entities who are required to report in 12VAC5-90-90. 
• COVID-19 reporting regulations clinician letter (3/17/2025) 
• For more information, visit Disease Reporting and Control Regulations