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The COVID Tracking Project

16 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read

As we've mentioned, we’re winding down our data compilation on Mar 7. We believe that many federal datasets are now very good and ready to use. We want to help everyone understand how to find and use the federal numbers, so today, we’re kicking off our federal data 101 series.

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First up in our how-to series: Finding and using @HHSGov’s hospitalizations data, by @anthropoco and @cat_pollack.

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One of the greatest advantages of the @HHSGov’s hospitalization data is that it’s much more standardized than our compiled data could ever be. Lots of raw data from the dataset is publicly available for download. (Be warned: it is a VERY large file.)

@HHSGov

Hospitalizations are one of the most important metrics in understanding the state of the pandemic. That’s why we’ve tracked this core metric daily, and we’ve previously analyzed and visualized @HHSGov’s dataset.
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Have more questions about federal COVID hospitalization data? Join us 2/18 at 2pm ET for a free training on how to use this data set. Sign up here:

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