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The Post's coronavirus tracker has become one of our most visited pages, with tallies of infections and deaths that tell the story of this pandemic. And there’s one person who deserves a lot of the credit for that. #PostForThePress

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Meet Jacqueline Dupree. Before the coronavirus, @JDLand was preparing laptops for reporters and maintaining The Post’s internal website. But as the virus took off, she started counting infections and deaths.

In the months that followed, Jacqueline chased infection data in her spare time and kept a spreadsheet to keep track of it all. It was a messy process, but she wanted answers.

In March 2020, The Post’s primary source for infection data started to falter and editors were looking for alternatives. As they talked through the problem online, Jacqueline chimed in to share her tidy spreadsheet.

Soon, Jacqueline’s home office became The Post’s hub for tracking the coronavirus.

Her work became one of our best tools for understanding the spread of this virus and presenting it with transparency.

If you’ve ever looked at the tracker to gauge the risk of infection in your state or the state where your parents and cousins live, you have Jacqueline to thank.

Her coding, curiosity and collaboration made it possible.

This is just one story among the thousands published each day by journalists all over the world. We want to hear about a story that left a mark on you. Tweet it using #PostForThePress and help support great journalism like this, today and every day.
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