May 31, 2020 to June 11, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral
Tags: CTP Backfill
We missed recording Total tests (people) for Kansas between May 31, 2020 to June 11, 2020. Patched our time series using Kansas's COVID-19 Summary PDF.
March 5, 2021
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies
On March 5, 2021, Kansas noted that a decrease in **Deaths (confirmed and probable)** was due to a death certificate review which revealed 4 cases where COVID-19 was not the main cause or contributing cause of death.
April 29, 2020 to February 22, 2021
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Process / Source Change
Clearing duplicate recoveries field after switch to hosp. discharges.
February 12, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntigen
Tags: New Metric
Kansas added antigen tests on February 12, 2021. We patched that day's value.
January 27, 2021 to January 28, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill New Metric
On January 27, 2020, Kansas started posting Total PCR tests (specimens) on their dashboard. Backfilling value forJanuary 27 and January 28.
January 27, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsViral
Tags: Other
On January 27, 2021, Kansas began reporting "PCR tests" on their COVID-19 dashboard. We anticipate being able to capture this metric as Total PCR tests (specimens) shortly.
January 22, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On January 22, 2021, West Virginia and Kansas did not update their Currently hospitalized, Currently in ICU, or Currently on Ventilator metrics before the time of our daily update.
December 25, 2020 to December 28, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 25, 2020, Kansas announced on their [COVID-19 page](https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/160/COVID-19-in-Kansas) that there would be no update to their data on December 25, 2020 due to the holiday. Their next update will occur on December 28, 2020.
December 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On December 25, 2020, Alaska, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont did not update their data due to the Christmas holiday.
December 3, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 3, 2020, Kansas’ Currently hospitalized decreased by 342 without explanation. Kansas does not usually update their data on Thursdays.
November 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
negative
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies
On November 13, 2020, Kansas announced that there was a "technical issue with displaying the number of negative tests and people tested" but that no other metrics were effected. The values for Total PCR tests (people) and Negative PCR tests (people or cases) were carried over, and will be updated if they become available.
November 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsPeopleViral -
negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On November 12, 2020, Kansas's Total PCR tests (people) and Negative PCR tests (people) both decreased by 3,142 people.
October 26, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently
On 10/26/2020, KS's Currently in ICU number increased from 2 to 103. We think this may have been a typo.
October 25, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
On 10/25, we noticed that KS has been reporting 2 Currently in ICU and 41 Currently on Ventilator. These anomalous values have been ongoing since 10/21.
October 21, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently
On 10/21, KS's Currently in ICU number dropped from 81 to 1. We released a public note about it.
September 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently
Tags: State Anomalies
On 9/7, KS's current hosp. and current ICU values halved with no explanation.
August 12, 2020 to August 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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dataQualityGrade
Tags: CTP Backfill
States Grades not published for 8/12-8/13
July 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On 7/27, Kansas reported 94 fewer negative tests (from 252,858 to 252,764).
July 15, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently
Tags: New Metric
On July 15, 2020, Kansas started reporting the number of current ICU and Ventilators
April 24, 2020
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies
On April 24, 2020 Kansas Deaths (confirmed and probable) decreased by one due to the removal of a death determined to not have been from Covid-19.