Our daily update is published. States reported 1.3 million tests, 54k cases, 47,352 currently hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and 1,049 deaths.
While the case and death numbers continue to show wobbles because of storm-related data problems, the hospitalization numbers have continued to march downward. The Midwest is now approaching its summertime numbers.
States use different methods for accounting for COVID-19 deaths. Virginia has used a slower technique, which has resulted in a huge spike in reported deaths now, more than a month after the cases peaked in the state. VA has reported 1454 deaths over the last 9 days.
Also: a quick reminder that this is our last week of daily data collection. Visit covidtracking.com for more information about the project's transition.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8M tests, 74k cases, 51,116 currently hospitalized, and 2,137 COVID-19 deaths.
Many data-watchers are understandably concerned about the recent uptick in national reported cases. A closer look at the national figures shows simultaneous wobbles in tests, cases, and deaths—a clue that this is likely a reporting issue, not a turnaround.
Current hospitalizations—always our most stable metric during reporting disruptions—are also continuing to drop.
Our weekly update is published. COVID-19 cases have been declining for 6 weeks, hospitalizations for 5 weeks, and deaths for 4 weeks. States reported fewer than 15K deaths this week, for the first time in 2021.
Data this week was disrupted by 2 confounding factors: a holiday and a major winter storm which resulted in an artificial drop and rise in daily COVID-19 figures. Our post about day-of-the-week effects can help contextualize these wobbles.
As we wind down data compilation, we want to help everyone understand how to find and use federal COVID-19 numbers. Today, we’re going over @CDCgov death data.
The federal government publishes two different datasets: the CDC's COVID Data Tracker, and the NCHS's provisional COVID-19 death counts. The key to understanding them is knowing the source of each.
As we wind down data compilation, we want to help everyone understand how to find and use federal COVID-19 numbers. Today, we’re going over CDC case data. covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
The @CDCgov publishes aggregate and line-level case data. Aggregate data includes total numbers of cases by jurisdiction and totals for confirmed and probable cases where available. Line-level includes a de-identified line for each case with detailed demographic data.
The CDC aggregate case data is extremely similar to the state-reported data we have been capturing.