Reporting COVID-19 in the United States

Updated: July 30, 2020

For Healthcare Providers

US Healthcare providers who are concerned that a patient may have Coronavirus COVID-19 should contact their state health department (below) or local health department immediately for consultation and guidance.
Health departments can assist with submitting reports of COVID-19 cases – see below.

For Health Departments

Reporting a Case of Coronavirus COVID-19

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has developed a standardized approach to collecting data to characterize COVID-19 cases. These data are needed to track the impact of the outbreak and inform public health response.[1]
The COVID-19 Case Report Form (PDF) is designed to collect key information on PUIs and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case-patients, including:
- Demographic, clinical, and epidemiologic characteristics
- Exposure and contact history
- Course of clinical illness and care received
- For instructions on completing the from see COVID-19 Case Report Form Instructions (PDF)

How to Submit a Report on a Case

Jurisdictions that are not sending samples to CDC for laboratory testing

The jurisdiction should enter cases into CDC’s electronic reporting system with the jurisdiction-issued nCoV ID, unless other arrangements to transmit data have been approved by CDC.

Jurisdictions that are sending specimens to CDC for laboratory testing

This document provides supplemental guidance regarding specimen collection, storage, and shipping to CDC laboratories. This is in addition to CDC’s guidelines for COVID-19 clinical specimens.

Provide an nCoV ID with all specimens submitted to CDC
- If an nCoV ID is missing, CDC laboratories will freeze the sample, and CDC staff will reach out to the point-of-contact listed on the submission form. CDC will test the specimen once the nCoV ID has been submitted.
- Current CDC guidance recommends collection of a single respiratory nasopharyngeal (NP) swab.
Include the nCoV ID on all Case Report Forms, specimen testing submission documents (i.e., form 50.34 or GFAT), and shipping labels

Phone Numbers of State Health Department in the US

Please email preparedness@cste.org to report any changes to the designated phone numbers.

For State Epidemiologists’ contact information, please click here: https://www.cste.org/page/StateEpi.


Jurisdiction	After Hours/Epi-on-Call Phone Number	Infectious Disease Outbreak-Related Questions
Alabama	(800) 338-8374	(800) 338-8374
Alaska	(800) 478-0084	(800) 478-0084 or (907) 269-8000
America Samoa	(684) 733-4924	(684) 733-4924
Arizona	(480) 303-1191	(480) 303-1191
Arkansas	(501) 661-2136	(501) 661-2136 or (501) 661-2142
California	(916) 328-3605	(916) 328-3605
California, LA County	(213) 974-1234	(213) 240-7941
California, San Francisco	(415) 554-2830	(415) 554-2830
Colorado	(303) 370-9395	(303) 692-2700
Connecticut	(860) 509-8000	(860) 509-8000
Delaware	(888) 295-5156	(302) 744-4700 or (888) 295-5156
Federated States of Micronesia	N/A	N/A
Florida	(850) 245-4401	(850) 245-4401
Georgia	(866) 782-4584	(866) 782-4584
Guam	(671) 888-9276	(671) 888-9276
Hawaii	(808) 600-3625	(808) 586-4586 or (808) 600-3625
Idaho	(800) 632-8000	(208) 334-5939
Illinois	(800) 782-7860 or (217) 782-7860	(800) 782-7860 or (217) 782-7860
Illinois, Chicago	(312) 744-5000	(312) 744-5000
Indiana	(317) 233-1325	(317) 233-1325
Iowa	(800) 362-2736	(800) 362-2736 or (515) 323-4360
Kansas	(877) 427-7317	(877) 427-7317
Kentucky	(888) 973-7678	(888) 973-7678
Louisiana	(800) 256-2748	(800) 256-2748
Maine	(800) 821-5821	(800) 821-5821
Maryland	(410) 795-7365	(410) 795-7365
Massachusetts	(617) 983-6800	(617) 983-6800
Michigan	(517) 335-9030	(517) 335-9030
Minnesota	(651) 201-5414	(651) 201-5414 or (877) 676-5414
Mississippi	(601) 576-7400	(601) 576-7400
Missouri	(800) 392-0272	(800) 392-0272
Montana	(406) 444-0273	(406) 444-0273
Nebraska	(402) 471-2937	(402) 471-2937
Nevada	(775) 400-0333	(775) 400-0333 or (775) 843-4673
Nevada, Las Vegas	(702) 759-1300	(702) 759-1300
New Hampshire	(603) 271-5300	(603) 271-5300 or (603) 271-4496
New Jersey	(609) 392-2020	(609) 826-5964
New Mexico	(505) 827-0006	(505) 827-0006
New York	(866) 881-2809	(866) 881-2809
New York, New York City	(866) 692-3641	(866) 692-3641
North Carolina	(919) 733-3419	(919) 733-3419
North Dakota	(701) 220-0819	(701) 328-2270 or (701) 328-2378
Northern Mariana Island	N/A	N/A
Ohio	(614) 995-5599	(614) 995-5599
Oklahoma	(405) 271-4060	(405) 271-4060
Oregon	(971) 673-1111	(971) 673-1111
Pennsylvania	(717) 787-3350	(877) 724-3258 or (717) 787-3350
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia	(215) 686-4514	(215) 686-4514
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh	(412) 687-2243	(412) 687-2243
Puerto Rico	(787) 679-6257 or (787) 399-9565	(787) 679-6257 or (787) 399-9565
Rhode Island	(401) 276-8046	(401) 276-8046 or (401) 222-2577
South Carolina	(888) 847-0902	(803) 898-0861 or (888) 847-0902
South Dakota	(605) 773-3737	(800) 592-1861
Tennessee	(615) 741-7247	(615) 741-7247
Texas	(512) 221-6852	(512) 221-6852
Texas, Dallas	(877) 605-2660	(214) 819-2004 or (877) 605-2660
Texas, Harris County	(713) 755-5000	(713) 755-5000
Texas, Houston	(832) 393-5080	(832) 393-5080
Texas, San Antonio	(210) 207-8876	(210) 207-8876
Utah	(888) 374-8824	(888) 374-8824
Vermont	(802) 863-7240	(802) 863-7240
Virgin Islands	N/A	N/A
Virginia UPDATED		(877) 275-8343
Washington	(206) 418-5500	(206) 418-5500
Washington D.C.	(844) 493-2652	(844) 493-2652
West Virginia	(304) 558-5358 Ext. 1	(304) 558-5358, Ext: 1
Wisconsin	(608) 258-0099	(608) 258-0099 or (608) 267-9003
Wyoming	(888) 996-9104	(888) 996-9104
^†Source: After Hours/Epi-on-call Contact List for States. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologiests (CSTE). March 13, 2020.[2]

References

Information for Health Departments on Reporting a Person Under Investigation (PUI) or Laboratory-Confirmed Case for COVID-19. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed 30 July 2020. [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/reporting-pui.html]
After Hours/Epi-on-call Contact List for States. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologiests (CSTE). March 4, 2020. [https://www.cste.org/page/EpiOnCall]