March 6, 2021
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lastUpdateTime
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
On March 6, 2021, we incorrectly entered North Carolina's timestamp as 03/02/21 11:35 when it should have been 03/06/21 11:35. This error was corrected in our historical data on April 1, 2021.
March 7, 2021
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
As of March 6, 2021, North Carolina no longer updates their COVID-19 data on Sundays.
March 3, 2021
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totalTestResults
Tags: CTP API / Logic Changes
As of March 3, 2021, North Carolina's `totalTestResults` are drawn from `totalTestsViral` instead of calculated via positive+negative. This update resulted in a drop of 880,339 tests, mostly due to the removal of antigen tests from the number.
March 12, 2020 to March 2, 2021
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negative
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP API / Logic Changes
On March 3, 2021, we cleared the history of Negative (people or cases) in North Carolina. This number mixed units, but we kept it because we relied on it for totalTestResults. Now, with totalTestResults drawn from totalTestsViral, we no longer need the negatives field to be filled.
March 2, 2021
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totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
We accidentally used the lumped value for tests in NC instead of PCR only.
March 17, 2020 to March 1, 2021
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totalTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill
Backfilling Total Tests (PCR) from March-17th to May-17th, 2020.
Updating the time series with the separated PCR tests starting on September 22th, 2020 -- this is when the state started reporting separate PCR and antigen testing.
February 28, 2021
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On February 28, 2021, North Carolina noted that its data dashboards would not update on that day in order to make changes to improve system performance.
May 11, 2020 to February 22, 2021
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recovered
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Process / Source Change
Clearing duplicate recoveries field after switch to hosp. discharges.
February 3, 2021
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positive
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On February 3, 2021, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services [reported](https://twitter.com/ncdhhs/status/1357052211252068354) that the day's case counts were much larger than usual because of the inclusion of a backlog of nearly 8,000 cases identified at FastMed clinics during December 2020 and January 2021.
January 18, 2021 to January 19, 2021
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On January 18, 2021, North Carolina announced on their COVID-19 dashboard that there will be no daily update due to the holiday, and that their data will next be updated on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
January 18, 2021
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On January 18, 2021, Rhode Island and North Carolina did not update their data due to the holiday. The next expected update for each of these states will be Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
January 12, 2021 to January 14, 2021
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totalTestsAntigen -
totalTestsViral -
positiveCasesViral -
probableCases -
positive -
negative
Tags: State Anomalies
On January 13, 2021, North Carolina reported that technical issues occurring on January 12, 2021 prevented processing of case and testing data into their COVID reporting system. As a result, case and testing data reported on January 13, 2021 are lower than they would have been had all the data been processed, and case and testing data on January 14, 2021 will be increased, since it will include the previous day's data.
January 1, 2021
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update State Data Note
On January 1, 2021, Alaska, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, the Northern Mariana Islands, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont did not update their data, presumably due to the New Years holiday.
December 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020
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All Metrics
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 30, 2020, North Carolina reported on its dashboard that due to holiday-related disruptions and technical issues, data reported on December 30, 2020 was artificially higher than usual and includes 36 hours of data, while data reported on December 31, 2020 was artificially lower than usual and includes only 12 hours of data.
December 25, 2020
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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 24, 2020
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All Metrics
Tags: State Data Note State / Metric No Update
On December 24, 2020, North Carolina announced that their data would not be updated on December 24, 2020, or December 25, 2020 due to the holiday.
November 26, 2020
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All Metrics
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On November 26, 2020, the listed states either released partial updates or did not update their data at all.
November 12, 2020
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hospitalizedCurrently -
totalTestsViral -
positive -
death
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies State Annotation / Source Change
On November 12, 2020, North Carolina released a public note detailing [revisions to reporting criteria] (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/duration-isolation.html) for hospitalizations, likely resulting in "a one-time increase in hospitalizations and a continued higher number under the new definition." The note also detailed a modified time for which the data is pulled for dashboards, resulting in "a one-time artificial decrease in the number of tests, cases and deaths on Friday, Nov.13, 2020."
October 19, 2020
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totalTestsAntigen
On 10/19, we used a new long formula process to sum together the value for Total Antigen Tests because NC frequently revises their time series.
October 18, 2020
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totalTestsAntigen
On 10/18, NC revised their entire Antigen test time series, back through 9/22 when they first reported antigen tests. Overall numbers did not change significantly.
October 9, 2020
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totalTestsAntigen
On 10/9, NC seems to have revised their Total Antigen Tests numbers through 9/29. During pub shift, we edited these values in long formulas through 9/29.
September 26, 2020
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deathConfirmed -
deathProbable
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
On September 26, 2020, North Carolina started reporting Confirmed and Probable deaths separately. We updated our data to reflect this change on September 27, 2020.
April 5, 2020 to September 25, 2020
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privateNotes -
positive -
probableCases
Tags: CTP Backfill New Metric
NC started reporting probable cases in the form of "positive antigen cases." This caused the total positive cases to increase by 4,563
September 25, 2020
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positive -
probableCases
Tags: New Metric
On September 25, 2020, North Carolina started reporting probable cases which caused Total Cases to increase by 4,563.
September 4, 2020 to September 7, 2020
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently
Technical issues caused some hospitals to not be able to report data from 9/4, resulting in incomplete data.
August 29, 2020
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positive
On 8/29, NC released about 1000 cases that had delayed reporting. This accounted for about half of that day's cases.
August 12, 2020 to August 13, 2020
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dataQualityGrade
States Grades not published for 8/12-8/13
May 13, 2020 to August 12, 2020
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totalTestsViral -
totalTestsPeopleViral
Upon further outreach and review of the document linked in sources, we have updated our understanding of how NC reports total test results. NC's total tests include results from all tests administered for one person and have reported that the unit for total tests is specimens. Therefore, we moved all values from Total PCR Tests (People) to Total Tests (PCR).
August 12, 2020
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totalTestsPeopleViral
On 8/12, NC reduced their cumulative tests conducted by 221,444, from 2,044,727 to 1,823,283, due to Lab Corp reporting non-residents but it does not affect their reported PPR. https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/ncdhhs-corrects-covid-19-testing-totals-after-identifying-labcorp-reporting
July 22, 2020 to July 23, 2020
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hospitalizedCurrently
Jump in hospitalizations from 1137 to 1188 in one day, 51 increase.
July 21, 2020
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently
On 7/21, NC announced: "North Carolina has launched new, more detailed hospitalization data to provide more insights into North Carolina's hospital capacity." This slightly altered historical hospitalization values until 6/21. A backfill issue has been filed in the queue. Starting 7/22, we now report current ICU numbers.
May 11, 2020
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recovered
Tags: New Metric
On May 11, 2020, North Carolina started reporting Recoveries which we store as **Hospital discharges. **