The National Institutes of Health today announced it has launched a centralized database to store and study medical record data generated from patients nationwide who have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. The program is part of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C).  The effort aims to rapidly translate clinical information into increased knowledge about COVID-19 in order to better diagnose, track and treat the disease. 

More information can be found in this press release from the NIH.