June 2, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
On June 2, 2020 the incorrect value was entered for Missouri's Confirmed cases causing an artificial decrease in Confirmed cases. Updating the value based on screenshots from the day.
June 24, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
On June 24, 2020, Missouri did not update its value for Total PCR tests (specimens). We mistakenly entered the value for Total PCR tests (people) in the field and carried it over on June 25, 2020 when the value did not update again. On May 10, 2021, we updated the value for Total PCR tests (specimens) to carry over the June 23, 2020 value instead.
December 30, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 30, 2020, Missouri did not update its **Now hospitalized** and **Now in ICU** metrics before our daily data publication.
December 26, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 26, 2020, hospitalization metrics did not update for these states.
November 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
positiveCasesViral -
positive -
negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On November 21, 2020, Missouri’s **Total PCR Tests (People)** increased by less than **Positive Cases (PCR)**. As a result, **Negative (People or Cases)** saw a decline from the previous day since it is calculated by subtracting **Positive PCR tests (people)** from **Total PCR tests (people)**.
November 10, 2020
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
totalTestsPeopleAntibody -
totalTestsViral -
negativeTestsViral -
positiveTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntigen -
totalTestsPeopleAntigen -
totalTestsPeopleViral
Tags: State Anomalies
On November 10, 2020, Missouri’s Total PCR tests (specimens), Negative PCR tests (specimens), Total PCR tests (people), Total antibody tests (specimens), Total antibody tests (people), Negative antibody tests (specimens), Total antigen tests (specimens), and Negative antigen tests (specimens) dropped without explanation.
November 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral -
negativeTestsViral
On November 8, 2020, Missouri's Total PCR tests (specimens) decreased from 2,672,288 to 2,654,691, and their Negative PCR tests (specimens) decreased from 2,435,560 to 2,413,773.
October 19, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently
On October 19, 2020, Missouri began reporting Currently in ICU on their dashboard. On October 20, 2020, we backfilled the value for October 19 began capturing the metric going forward. This edit was not previously logged due to technical difficulties.
October 24, 2020
Variables affected:
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lastUpdateEt
On 10/24, MO added a new summary screen to their dashboard. We were able to update data normally with the sources we have been using.
October 20, 2020 to October 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Missed Update New Metric
On 10/20, MO added a Currently on Ventilator number to their dashboard. We began capture the next day. This backfills the days that we missed. Additionally, we missed an update for Currently in ICU on 10/20.
October 22, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently
On 10/22, issues in MO's reporting resulted in a 200 unit decrease in current ICU. Additionally, we will, in the future, switch sources to the summary table instead of the graph.
October 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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onVentilatorCurrently
On 10/21, MO began reporting Currently on Ventilator numbers. We will backfill the value from 10/21 and begin capturing it accordingly.
October 20, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleAntigen -
totalTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntigen -
totalTestsPeopleAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody -
totalTestsViral -
positiveTestsViral -
negativeTestsViral -
totalTestsPeopleViral
On 10/20, MO did not update their testing numbers. Additionally, their hospitalization data was only updated through 10/16, which is a longer lag than the 2 days they mention on their website.
October 20, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently
On 10/20, we began capturing MO's Currently in ICU number.
September 29, 2020 to October 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: CTP Backfill New Metric
Backfilling Curr. Hosp. 9/29 - 10/7, using the hover-over graph labeled "COVID-19 Total Patients in the Hospital by Day" on the MO website, under the Detail: Healthcare System tab.
October 19, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveTestsAntibody -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
On 10/19, MO's Positive Antibody Tests dropped by 30, from 4983 to 4953. Additionally, MO began reporting Currently in ICU and Currently on Ventilator numbers. They seem to be updated weekly.
October 18, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
On 10/18, MO's Current Hospitalization number dropped form 1431 to 918. THere's no explicit explanation for this, but we think this may be caused by a lack of hospitals reporting on Sundays.
October 16, 2020
Variables affected:
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positive -
death
On 10/16, MO only updated cases and deaths.
October 14, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleAntigen -
totalTestsPeopleAntibody -
totalTestsPeopleViral -
negative
On 10/14, MO updated for the first time since 10/10. Their testing numbers by people decreased, resulting in decreases in Total PCR Tests (People), Total Antibody Tests (People), Total Antigen Tests (People), and Negative (People or Cases)
October 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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lastUpdateEt
On 10/12, MO did not update as they continue to have issue with their dashboard.
October 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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lastUpdateEt
On 10/11, MO did not update, but news sources suggest that data problems may have occurred over the last few days, and we may need to backfill data if they release corrected data. https://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/missouri-covid-19-database-error-causes-incorrect-inflation-of-cases
October 9, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
Digits were transposed during data entry on 10/9 for MO positive cases (PCR). Corrected from state dashboard screenshot.
October 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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negativeTestsAntibody
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
Fixing mistake in 10/7 neg. antibody tests
October 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
On 10/8, MO restored their Currently Hospitalized number to the dashboard, viewed by hovering over the graph in the Healthcare System tab. Approximately 1300 were added.
March 7, 2020 to October 6, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestResults
Today, we continue our changes to the values in our original totalTestResults API field, resulting in a ~8k increase in daily new tests and a ~579k cumulative increase. We updated the totals for Missouri.
October 5, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
On 10/5, we removed curr. hosp. values because they had been unupdated for at least 7 days. This was a removal of 1137 curr. hosp. cases.
May 17, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
On 5/17, the Total Tests (PCR) value was mistakenly recorded in the negatives field.
October 1, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleAntibody -
totalTestsPeopleAntigen
Tags: CTP Backfill New Metric
Missouri started reporting total individuals tested for antibodies & antigens in a new section of the dashboard and we did not capture it on the shift.
September 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntigen -
negativeTestsAntigen -
totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
On 9/29, we began to capture MO's new antibody tests and antigen tests numbers.
September 26, 2020 to September 29, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral -
privateNotes -
dateChecked -
totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill State Annotation / Source Change
Fill out MO PCR tests from their new dash
March 7, 2020 to September 1, 2020
Variables affected:
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onVentilatorCurrently -
dateChecked -
hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: CTP Backfill
Update Positive Cases (PCR) from Positives for 4/28 and earlier
September 5, 2020
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On September 5, 2020, the Missouri DHSS [added an additional 72 deaths] (http://twitter.com/HealthyLivingMo/status/1302314149620391937?s=20) to their total count, "most of which occurred June-August".
September 2, 2020 to June 11, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
From September 2, 2020 through September 11, 2020, Missouri did not update hospitalizedCurrently. This was during the transition to HHS reporting.
September 2, 2020 to October 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
Between September 2, 2020, and October 13, 2020, Missouri did not report onVentilatorCurrently
August 24, 2020 to August 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody
MO 8/24 - present (at least), i believe Rebma can catch MO antibody total specimens via a graph on their dashboard, it would be 71k+ which is different from the unique individual antibody tests we're collecting now. hi michal! if i'm wrong that's ok. but seems like we can add an extra metric. - brandon
August 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveTestsPeopleAntibody
On 8/26, "Individuals with Positive Serology Results" decreased from 2714 to 2705 (-9).
August 24, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
positive -
negative
On 8/24, the state of MO revised down PCR Total from 1218097 to 1214456; Positive PCR from 87456 to 86924 and Negative PCR from 1128457 to 1125404
August 12, 2020 to August 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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dataQualityGrade
States Grades not published for 8/12-8/13
August 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleAntibody
On 8/12, Total antibody tests (people) on dash dropped from 62,908 to 62,801, while positives increased from 2,394 to 2,397.
April 5, 2020 to July 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleAntibody -
positiveTestsPeopleAntibody -
negativeTestsPeopleAntibody -
totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
negativeTestsAntibody
(1) MO 4/5-7/29, antibody values (2) MO was found to report in people, not specimens. Existing capture reports people as specimens. Annotations and States Daily were changed to reflect these findings
July 29, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral -
positive
MO provided 2 sources of information for confirmed case counts (Tab Overview and Tab PCR Testing of the dashboard). Due to concerns with lumping positive antibody tests, current positive and confirmed positive counts are adjusted to use the number on the PCR Testing tab instead. This will decrease cumulative case counts by about 3000 cases.
July 16, 2020 to July 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Starting around July 15, 2020, Missouri noted that "due to an abrupt change in data measures and the reporting platform issued by the White House on Monday, July 13, and effective Wednesday, July 15, Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) and the State of Missouri will be unable to access critical hospitalization data during the transition." Now hospitalized and Now on ventilator were only updated sporadically by the state between July 16 and July 27, 2020. Reporting returned to normal on July 28, 2020.
May 23, 2020 to May 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
totalTestsPeopleAntibody
Tags: State Annotation / Source Change New Metric State Anomalies
On May 23, 2020, Missouri began reporting individuals tested via antigen separately from individuals tested via PCR. As a result, their Total PCR tests (people) decreased by 7,555.
Related technical errors caused drops in Total PCR tests (people) on May 24, 2020 and May 25, 2020.