Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Essential Vitreoretinal Care with Three Epicenters in the United States

Figures & data

Table 1 Weekly Percentage of Decrease in Encounters and Intravitreal Injections in the 3 Retina Practices During the Initial 8 Weeks of COVID-19 Pandemic

	Encounters	Encounters	Encounters	Injections	Injections	Injections
	Weill Cornell	OCB	MOOR	Weill Cornell	OCB	MOOR
Pre COVID-19	152	156	240	38	98	156
Week 1: 3/16	36 (76%)*	84 (52%)	204 (15%)	30 (21%)	34 (65%)	100 (35%)
Week 2: 3/23	19 (87%)	59 (66%)	112 (53%)	9 (76%)	25 (74%)	84 (46%)
Week 3: 3/30	0 (100%)	61 (65%)	160 (33%)	0 (100%)	35 (64%)	111 (28%)
Week 4: 4/6	15 (90%)	43 (75%)	135 (43%)	13 (65%)	23 (76%)	103 (33%)
Week 5: 4/13	9 (94%)	84 (52%)	135 (43%)	10 (73%)	44 (55%)	103 (33%)
Week 6: 4/20	19 (87%)	60 (65%)	134 (44%)	17 (55%)	26 (73%)	113 (27%)
Week 7: 4/27	28 (81%)	94 (46%)	164 (31%)	14 (36%)	45 (54%)	116 (25%)
Week 8: 5/4	30 (80%)	84 (52%)	154 (35%)	23 (39%)	48 (51%)	137 (12%)
8 weeks average percentage decrease	87%	59%	37%	58%	64%	30%

Note: * patients present (percentage decrease).

Figure 1 Weekly evolution of encounters and intravitreal injections during the initial 8 weeks of COVID-19 pandemic.