Department of Veterans Affairs
COVID-19 National Summary

Running total of all patients tested by PCR or antigen, or treated at a VA facility for known or probable COVID-19. This includes Veterans, employees, and non-Veterans.

Patients tested or treated at a VA facility for known or probable COVID-19 who have neither died nor reached convalescent status.

Patients tested or treated at a VA facility for known or probable COVID-19 who are either post-hospital discharge, or 14 days after their last positive test, whichever comes later.

All deaths among VA patients known to have tested positive for COVID-19 and died within 30 days. "Inpatient" indicates the death occurred in a VA hospital. "Known other" indicates the death was reported to VA but occurred elsewhere.

We group Active and Convalescent Cases into the following categories: Veteran, Employee, Veteran-Employee and All Other. "All Other" includes civilians admitted to VA hospitals as humanitarian cases, Tricare patients, Active Duty Military, and other groups.

All the vaccinations administered according to VA records - Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen - are tallied in this report. Each of these options have been deemed to be effective and safe, and have an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The tables break the numbers down as follows:

1. Who we vaccinated*: Veteran, VA Employee**, or Federal Partner***.
2. How many of those received a full vaccination course (2 doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or a single dose of the Janssen vaccine).
3. The number of total doses administered, as follows:
   1. "Dose 1 of 2" refers to the initial dose of a 2-dose vaccine series, that is, Pfizer or Moderna.
   2. "Dose 2 of 2" refers to the final dose of a 2-dose series.
   3. "Dose 1 of 1" refers to the single dose needed for the Janssen vaccine.
   4. Additional doses count COVID-19 mRNA (Pfizer and Moderna) vaccines documented as the first dose administered after an individual's primary course. Bivalent or doses documented as subsequent additional doses are not considered in this figure.
4. Cumulative totals are provided by facility. Totals for smaller sites from a multi-division facility are included in the overall totals.
5. If a particular subcategory has a count of less than 10, it is included in the total for the next higher category. That is done to protect patient privacy.

*Veterans that undergo vaccination because they are a VA employee or Federal Partner are counted under those latter categories, and not included in the “Veteran” category. That is to prevent double-counting.

**VA Employees may include volunteers, rotating clinical staff, or VA employees who have received vaccinations at a facility but are not specifically assigned to that facility.

***Federal Partners include Front Line Staff and First Responders that work in other agencies and were directed to receive their vaccination at a VA facility.