March 4, 2021
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCurrently -
inIcuCurrently -
onVentilatorCurrently -
pending
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On March 4, 2021, Virginia did not update any hospitalizations metrics or pending.
April 14, 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 22, 2021
Variables affected:
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death -
deathConfirmed -
deathProbable
Tags: State Anomalies
On February 22, 2021, Virginia announced that the Virginia Department of Health was processing 2021 death certificates resulting from a “post-holiday surge of COVID-19 cases”. As a result, new deaths from this time period may be larger than usual. We urge caution when interpreting data from this period, and encourage the use of 7 and 14-day averages as more reliable metrics.
January 31, 2021 to February 1, 2021
Variables affected:
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positive -
totalTestResults
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On January 31, 2021 through February 1, 2021, Virginia noted that “Surveillance system upgrades occurring on Saturday, January 30, 2021, will affect the data on the COVID-19 Cases & Testing Dashboards on January 31 and February 1, 2021. A decrease in the number of cases and tests reported on January 31, and an increase in the number of cases and tests reported on February 1 is anticipated because of these upgrades”.
January 31, 2021 to February 1, 2021
Variables affected:
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positive -
totalTestResults
Tags: State Data Note State Anomalies
On January 31, 2020, Virginia posted on its dashboard that "Surveillance system upgrades occurring on Saturday, January 30, 2021, will affect the data on the COVID-19 Cases & Testing Dashboards on January 31 and February 1, 2021. A decrease in the number of cases and tests reported on January 31, and an increase in the number of cases and tests reported on February 1 is anticipated because of these upgrades."
January 28, 2021
Variables affected:
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positiveTestsAntigen -
positiveTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsViral
Tags: State / Metric No Update
On January 28, 2021, Virginia did not update its Positive Antibody Tests (specimens), Positive Antigen Tests (specimens), or Positive PCR Tests (specimens) before the time of our daily update.
January 24, 2021
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies
On January 24, 2021, Virginia's Deaths (confirmed + probable) decreased by 1 without explanation.
January 27, 2020 to January 11, 2021
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntigen -
totalTestsAntigen
Tags: CTP Backfill
Backfill antigen and antibody testing (encounters) and positive testing (encounters) from state dataset, before we start collecting it daily.
December 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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recovered
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 8, 2020, Virginia’s **Recovered **decreased by 200 without explanation.
December 5, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral
Tags: State Anomalies
On December 5, 2020, VA noted that some of the 3,793 cases reported that day were part of a backlog.
March 20, 2020 to December 1, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP API / Logic Changes
On April 26, 2020, we began reporting Virginia's Ever hospitalized as calculated from {"Combined number of confirmed positive COVID-19..." + "...discharged"} from the official Virginia Hospital and Healthcare association public dashboard. On December 2, 2020, we revised out time series of Virginia's Ever hospitalized to align with what the state reports on the state dashboard.
November 16, 2020
Variables affected:
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positive -
positiveCasesViral
Tags: State Anomalies State Data Note
On November 16, 2020, Virginia announced via their COVID-19 Dashboard that “2,677 case count reported on Monday, November 16 is due to a catch-up from the VDH data system being down for upgrades for a few hours over the weekend”. As a result, not all cases reported on November 16, 2020 were reported within the previous 24 hour period.
April 11, 2020 to April 14, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
Fill a 4-day gap in cumulative hospitalized in mid-April by forward filling
April 1, 2020 to April 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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inIcuCumulative -
onVentilatorCumulative
Tags: CTP Backfill CTP Backfill Mistake Correction
Remove bad cumulative icu and on-ventilator numbers from the beginning of April
October 23, 2020
Variables affected:
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hospitalizedCumulative
On 10/23, VA's Cumulative Hospitalized number decreased due to decreases in the pending results portion of our hospitalization calculation.
October 8, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveCasesViral -
positive
On 10/8, VA added ~600 backlogged cases from the previous day.
September 18, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestResults
Tags: CTP API / Logic Changes CTP Backfill
Multiple states were switched to use direct columns
April 21, 2020 to July 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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probableCases
Tags: CTP Backfill New Metric
Backfilled probables using positive - confirmed until 4/21.
April 7, 2020 to September 14, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestsAntibody -
positiveTestsAntibody
Tags: CTP Backfill New Dataset / Timeseries New Metric
Backfilling antibody totals and positives, from EasyDC logs and State file from 2020-08-16 all the way back (beginning of April)
September 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveTestsAntibody
On 9/7, we agreed to begin capture of positive antibody tests, but due to a slip-up, the value was not entered that day. The source note was added in the morning on 9/8, and we will begin capture during the 9/8 publication shift.
September 1, 2020
Variables affected:
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positiveTestsViral
On 9/1, we began capturing positive test encounters from the graph on the VA dashboard through a query ('Other' link) and recording them in Positive Tests (PCR).
February 27, 2020 to August 30, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral -
positiveTestsViral
Tags: CTP Backfill New Dataset / Timeseries New Metric
August 27, 2020
Variables affected:
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lastUpdateEt
On 8/27, VA did not update. On 8/26, our time stamp was 8/26, instead of the normal 1 day time lag. Can't find a reason for this lack of update.
August 16, 2020 to August 23, 2020
Variables affected:
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positive
Annotation on state website: "For the week of August 16, VDH anticipates an influx of new data. This development is due to some labs beginning to report results electronically as opposed to by fax. These new numbers do not represent new data and will be represented on the day the lab originally reported the results."
August 12, 2020 to August 13, 2020
Variables affected:
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dataQualityGrade
States Grades not published for 8/12-8/13
May 3, 2020 to August 12, 2020
Variables affected:
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totalTestEncountersViral -
totalTestsViral
Starting in early May, Virginia has been reporting their tests in units of test encounters. CTP has been capturing this data in the Total Tests (PCR) column. CTP now added a column to capture tests reported in test encounters units so we are moving the data to the correct column.
August 7, 2020
Variables affected:
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positive
On 8/7, due to the release of a backlog, VA saw an abnormally large positive case increase of around 2000.
July 15, 2020
Variables affected:
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negative
Adjusted down the negative cases down by 1000 due to a typo from entry
April 5, 2020
Variables affected:
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death
Tags: State Anomalies
On April 5, 2020, Virginia’s Deaths (confirmed and probable) decreased by 1 without explanation.