Date Number Title
March 3, 2021, 8:27 AM PST 1121 [VI] Clear Deaths (confirmed) timeseries
March 3, 2021, 8:27 AM PST 1121 [VI] Clear Deaths (confirmed) timeseries
January 8, 2021, 6:41 AM PST 1054 [VI]Move test time series to peoplewise column
January 8, 2021, 6:41 AM PST 1054 [VI]Move test time series to peoplewise column
December 11, 2020, 10:34 AM PST 1006 [CO] Deaths due to COVID vs. deaths among cases source switch
December 1, 2020, 11:19 AM PST 988 [ND] Backfill Deaths (Confirmed and Probable), Deaths (Confirmed) to reflect all deaths rather than deaths due to COVID
October 6, 2020, 9:32 AM PDT 887 [VI] Late update on 10/5
August 19, 2020, 7:38 AM PDT 777 [VI] SVP Fixes: Move Total Tests PCR (People) values to Total Tests (PCR) since reporting units are unknown
July 28, 2020, 6:45 AM PDT 683 [VI] PCL Historicals
July 3, 2020, 7:36 AM PDT 572 [ID] Historicals Fill out historical info for current COVID-19 hospitalizations & ICU
May 3, 2020, 5:29 PM PDT 352 CDC Has Slashed COVID-19 Deaths by 40%
April 29, 2020, 11:19 AM PDT 331 COVID19Tracking vs worldometers/info/coronavirus
April 27, 2020, 8:03 AM PDT 311 Better data source for VI
April 25, 2020, 9:19 AM PDT 295 Is it possible to have a time-series dataset for Tracking Race and Ethnicity in the COVID-19 Pandemic Blog Data?
April 22, 2020, 7:20 AM PDT 253 Michigan COVID
April 20, 2020, 3:48 PM PDT 238 Washington COVID
April 19, 2020, 7:50 AM PDT 226 California COVID Data
April 16, 2020, 9:02 AM PDT 200 Standard GeoJSON format for the COVIDTracking API?
April 13, 2020, 6:48 AM PDT 191 JHU and statnews are using hospitalization data from COVID19Tracker
April 2, 2020, 2:22 PM PDT 124 Michigan negative counts -- COVID19Tracking is behind latest state report
March 12, 2020, 2:45 PM PDT 109 Georgia (US) - links to data behind DPH COVID-19 Daily Status Report

#1121: [VI] Clear Deaths (confirmed) timeseries

Issue number 1121

hmhoffman opened this issue on March 3, 2021, 8:27 AM PST

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State: VI

Dates affected: 04/05/20 - 03/02/21

Describe the issue: As of April 5, 2020, we have been duplicating the Virgin Island's Deaths (confirmed + probable) into Deaths (confirmed), however our data quality team has determined that we do not have sufficient evidence that these deaths are confirmed to do so. On March 3, 2021, we cleared the Virgin Island's Deaths (confirmed) timeseries.

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hmhoffman commented on March 3, 2021, 8:30 AM PST
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#1121: [VI] Clear Deaths (confirmed) timeseries

Issue number 1121

hmhoffman opened this issue on March 3, 2021, 8:27 AM PST

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State: VI

Dates affected: 04/05/20 - 03/02/21

Describe the issue: As of April 5, 2020, we have been duplicating the Virgin Island's Deaths (confirmed + probable) into Deaths (confirmed), however our data quality team has determined that we do not have sufficient evidence that these deaths are confirmed to do so. On March 3, 2021, we cleared the Virgin Island's Deaths (confirmed) timeseries.

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hmhoffman commented on March 3, 2021, 8:30 AM PST
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#1054: [VI]Move test time series to peoplewise column

Issue number 1054

muamichali opened this issue on January 8, 2021, 6:41 AM PST

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State or US: Virgin Islands

Describe the problem The total test numbers from the Virigin Island have been saved in our Total Tests PCR column. A recent press release clarified that the number are in people units, so they should be moved to the correct field in our capture.

Link to data source https://doh.vi.gov/news/governor-bryan-addresses-spike-territory%E2%80%99s-covid-19-cases-securitization-senate-hearing-weekly

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muamichali commented on January 8, 2021, 6:49 AM PST
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#1054: [VI]Move test time series to peoplewise column

Issue number 1054

muamichali opened this issue on January 8, 2021, 6:41 AM PST

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State or US: Virgin Islands

Describe the problem The total test numbers from the Virigin Island have been saved in our Total Tests PCR column. A recent press release clarified that the number are in people units, so they should be moved to the correct field in our capture.

Link to data source https://doh.vi.gov/news/governor-bryan-addresses-spike-territory%E2%80%99s-covid-19-cases-securitization-senate-hearing-weekly

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muamichali commented on January 8, 2021, 6:49 AM PST
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#1006: [CO] Deaths due to COVID vs. deaths among cases source switch

Issue number 1006

karaschechtman opened this issue on December 11, 2020, 10:34 AM PST

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State or US: CO

Describe the problem Colorado's deaths due to COVID-19 metric is lagging its deaths among cases metric. On September 1, there was only 97 difference: 1946 deaths among cases, vs. 1849 deaths due to COVID. On December 11, there is a 759 difference—3759 deaths among cases, as opposed to 3005 deaths due to COVID. This means 20% of deaths among cases do not have death certificate data, vs. 5% in September, indicating a lag.

Link to data source https://covidtracking.com/data/state/colorado/screenshots CO's raw data files for confirmed/probable death breakdowns: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=https://services3.arcgis.com/66aUo8zsujfVXRIT/ArcGIS/rest/services/colorado_covid19_daily_state_statistics_cumulative/FeatureServer&source=sd

Deaths Trends in CO

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karaschechtman commented on December 11, 2020, 10:58 AM PST
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We are adding the breakdown for confirmed/probable from 5/15 onward because before then they were not reported on the website and do not sum CO after.txt CO Before.txt

karaschechtman commented on December 11, 2020, 11:01 AM PST
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#988: [ND] Backfill Deaths (Confirmed and Probable), Deaths (Confirmed) to reflect all deaths rather than deaths due to COVID

Issue number 988

muamichali opened this issue on December 1, 2020, 11:19 AM PST

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State or US: North Dakota

Describe the problem Over the past week, a gap has opened between the number of COVID-19 deaths North Dakota's health department reports and The COVID Tracking Project’s counts of deaths in the state. On November 30, North Dakota’s health department dashboard reported 927 cumulative COVID-19 deaths, but The COVID Tracking Project recorded 680. This is because we track deaths due to COVID, instead of deaths among cases in the state.

It’s clear that a reporting backlog is to blame for most of the widening discrepancy between figures: The share of COVID-19-positive individuals who died in North Dakota with death certificates still pending has doubled since the beginning of November. To better reflect the reality of rising deaths in North Dakota, we are changing our method for counting deaths in the state to the other main paradigm for tracking deaths: counting deaths among cases.

Link to data source https://covidtracking.com/data/state/north-dakota/screenshots

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muamichali commented on December 1, 2020, 11:29 AM PST
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[ ND.xlsx ](url)

karaschechtman commented on December 1, 2020, 1:12 PM PST
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#887: [VI] Late update on 10/5

Issue number 887

the-daniel-lin opened this issue on October 6, 2020, 9:32 AM PDT

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State or US: Virgin Islands

Describe the problem On 10/5, VI updated after our daily update time.

Link to data source https://www.covid19usvi.com/

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the-daniel-lin commented on October 6, 2020, 9:32 AM PDT
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BEFORE: image

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#777: [VI] SVP Fixes: Move Total Tests PCR (People) values to Total Tests (PCR) since reporting units are unknown

Issue number 777

muamichali opened this issue on August 19, 2020, 7:38 AM PDT

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State or US: US Virgin Islands

Describe the problem

  • [x] 1. Move Total Tests PCR (People) values toTotal Tests (PCR)since reporting units are unknown
  • [x] 2. Update current capture in WS2 and source notes in States Matrix to reflect the change to
  • [ ] 3. Consider Backfill time-series before 5/13 from pos+neg

Link to data source

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muamichali commented on August 19, 2020, 7:38 AM PDT
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BEFORE image

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#683: [VI] PCL Historicals

Issue number 683

brianskli opened this issue on July 28, 2020, 6:45 AM PDT

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State or US: US Virgin Islands

Describe the problem Unclear reporting taking place for "positives," but numbers are still being reported as confirmed PCR positives in addition to confirmed+probable positives.

Link to data source https://www.covid19usvi.com/

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brianskli commented on July 28, 2020, 6:56 AM PDT
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Action taken: Private note updated Before: Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 9 49 16 AM After: Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 9 49 03 AM

Values in Confirmed Cases (PCR) cleared Before: Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 9 52 18 AM After: Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 9 52 35 AM

Pop-ups changed Before: Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 9 55 17 AM After: Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 9 55 28 AM

#572: [ID] Historicals Fill out historical info for current COVID-19 hospitalizations & ICU

Issue number 572

muamichali opened this issue on July 3, 2020, 7:36 AM PDT

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State or US: Idaho

Describe the problem We did not capture these values before but they are available, so we should fill out the historical values

Link to data source https://public.tableau.com/profile/idaho.division.of.public.health#!/vizhome/DPHIdahoCOVID-19Dashboard_V2/Story1 Click Hospitalizations

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muamichali commented on July 3, 2020, 1:25 PM PDT
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Before: No values After 2020-07-03__CTP_ID_Update.xlsx

camille-le commented on July 3, 2020, 1:32 PM PDT
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Hey @muamichali, I took a look at Idaho's Tableau dashboard and exported data from the Hospitalizations tab. Attached is a spreadsheet with a proposed update - please see "CTP_Update" tab: 2020-07-03__CTP_ID_Update.xlsx

Can you please review before we make an update for 2020-03-26 to 2020-06-28 for In ICU – Currently and Hospitalized – Currently?

Thanks! Camille

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camille-le commented on July 3, 2020, 1:34 PM PDT
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Update - closing this ticket and moving to double-check.

#352: CDC Has Slashed COVID-19 Deaths by 40%

Issue number 352

JustOneGuyHere opened this issue on May 3, 2020, 5:29 PM PDT

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I suggest publishing both sets of numbers. I have used this site to track the numbers, but they need to be accurate.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm

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muamichali commented on May 3, 2020, 6:35 PM PDT
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Hi @JustOneGuyHere

Please see the CDC Data tracker here https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html

Currently 65,735 deaths are reported on the page.

JustOneGuyHere commented on May 3, 2020, 8:29 PM PDT
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Thanks, censor.

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#331: COVID19Tracking vs worldometers/info/coronavirus

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Fyjimojo opened this issue on April 29, 2020, 11:19 AM PDT

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Hello. I have been tracking COVID-19 on worldometers.info/coronavirus since mid-March.

You report U.S. deaths at 52,525 as of yesterday.

Yesterday, worldometers.info/coronavirus reported 57,862.

Which number is correct?

Thank you!

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realfuture commented on April 29, 2020, 11:22 AM PDT
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Both numbers are defensible. The difference is primarily attributable to the way New York City and New York State differ in tracking deaths.

See: https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1254161668671541248?s=20

We anticipate New York State will incorporate probable deaths soon, as will we, though maintaining our laboratory-confirmed number in the states where it is possible.

Alexis

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Hello. I have been tracking COVID-19 on worldometers.info/coronavirus since mid-March.

You report U.S. deaths at 52,525 as of yesterday.

Yesterday, worldometers.info/coronavirus reported 57,862.

Which number is correct?

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OrionEridanus commented on May 4, 2020, 6:09 AM PDT
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This can't explain the entire difference for US total deaths, which as of this morning is approximately 6,000.

#311: Better data source for VI

Issue number 311

amandafrench opened this issue on April 27, 2020, 8:03 AM PDT

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The most updated numbers for VI are on https://doh.vi.gov/covid19usvi Maybe this link should be the main / best data source.

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muamichali commented on May 4, 2020, 8:37 AM PDT
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Agree. Changed.

#295: Is it possible to have a time-series dataset for Tracking Race and Ethnicity in the COVID-19 Pandemic Blog Data?

Issue number 295

riccardograziani opened this issue on April 25, 2020, 9:19 AM PDT

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I would like to ask you if it is possible to obtain the following dataset as time-series dataset:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTfUQPxkhP_CRcGmnnpUBihnTNZ9Z8pcizII4_sc2o2n3opOoAJdAM4CRTJBI339tou8LWnQrqbTMgH/pubhtml?gid=1129119811&single=true

Best, Riccardo

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muamichali commented on May 21, 2020, 7:53 AM PDT
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Thank you for the request @riccardograziani I will pass it on to the race data team.

I also wanted to let you know that we launched the new Covid Racial Data Tracker and homepage today https://covidtracking.com/race

riccardograziani commented on May 21, 2020, 10:57 AM PDT
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Thanks very much for your response!

#253: Michigan COVID

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mlgnight opened this issue on April 22, 2020, 7:20 AM PDT

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RE: https://covidtracking.com/data/state/wisconsin#historical

How can the new tests for March 30 be negative??

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#238: Washington COVID

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mlgnight opened this issue on April 20, 2020, 3:48 PM PDT

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https://covidtracking.com/data/state/washington#historical positives dropped from 4/19 to 4/20

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muamichali commented on April 20, 2020, 4:00 PM PDT
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Thanks for reporting this issue @mlgnight!

If you scroll down to the top of the page, we publish notes that explain these kinds of issues if we know about them. In this case, it was a data revision by the state (4/19/20) are lower than yesterday. Data cleaning that occurred late on 4/18 removed 190 confirmed cases that were discovered to be out of state residents.

jstover79 commented on April 20, 2020, 5:09 PM PDT
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I was just checking WA state data and comparing to yours. I'm sure they won't perfectly line up since the WA state data is probably cleaned/edited from time to time for various reasons (adding/subtracting cases due to data entry errors, or like this one where some individuals were from out of state). I just wanted to make sure that this is to be expected (e.g. once your data is finalized for a particular date, it isn't updated. It might be nice to have a separate tracking database that does automatically update as states update there data. I also checked against the usafact.org dataset, and found similar discrepancies form the official WA state count. Either way, thank you so much for your work!

muamichali commented on April 21, 2020, 5:58 PM PDT
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@jstover79 You are very welcome. If you find data that we need to update and report it here as new issue with state sources, we will do our best to correct historical data.

#226: California COVID Data

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mlgnight opened this issue on April 19, 2020, 7:50 AM PDT

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At https://covidtracking.com/data/state/california#historical it appears that the data around April 10-12 seems odd. Flat, then big jump?

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muamichali commented on April 19, 2020, 11:01 AM PDT
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@mlgnight Thank you for reporting. There was an earlier issue https://github.com/COVID19Tracking/issues/issues/217 and the data has been patched. It should be reflected on the site this afternoon around 5.30pm EST.

Jmuccigr commented on April 19, 2020, 2:28 PM PDT
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This doesn't really explain CA's weird ups and downs, but more significantly, the total tests numbers on their data page are clearly rounded. Every day's total ends in -00. Your counts don't match theirs all the time, but they do right now.

Of course you have to use what the states report, but it really would be good to get to the bottom of what's going on with CA's reporting.

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#200: Standard GeoJSON format for the COVIDTracking API?

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ilkkarinne opened this issue on April 16, 2020, 9:02 AM PDT

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Hi, a great initiative you have for consolidating US COVID-19 data. I'm the author of the CovidJSON initiative, a standards based GeoJSON data model for infection data. Our goal is to harmonize national and international data interchange of COVID-19 data as geospatial datasets, and to make it easier to collect, publish, analyze and visualize infection data across different data providers and uses.

Would you be interested in testing out the CovidJSON format as an output format for the COVIDTracking API, providing input for improving it, and, in case you like it, promoting it's use for the different COVID-19 stakeholders within US?

I have some live data samples from Finland at https://data.covidjson.org/ and some static examples at https://github.com/spatineo/covidjson/tree/master/examples

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#191: JHU and statnews are using hospitalization data from COVID19Tracker

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catawbasam opened this issue on April 13, 2020, 6:48 AM PDT

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Both are very influential sources -- I'd like to propose we focus more on improving hospitalization counts.

Statnews is using cumulative hospitalizations. JHU unfortunately appears to be mixing current and cumulative hospitalizations in their 'hospitalization rate' tab.

JHU dashboard: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 "the COVID Tracking Project (testing and hospitalizations)"

STAT Tracker:
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/26/covid-19-tracker/ "The datasets are drawn from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering, from the COVID Tracking Project, and from USAFacts. In some cases, data on hospitalizations were not available."

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catawbasam commented on April 13, 2020, 5:04 PM PDT
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Note: Deleted earlier comment advocating focus on cumulative hospitalizations.

The weight of reporting by states is increasingly tilted toward currently hospitalized, so it might make more sense to fill that out. It is also more directly tied to capacity management.

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#124: Michigan negative counts -- COVID19Tracking is behind latest state report

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catawbasam opened this issue on April 2, 2020, 2:22 PM PDT

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If they are on weekly updates, we should note that. Otherwise they may not be tracking the tests. Worrisome for one of the top hot-spots.

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catawbasam commented on April 2, 2020, 6:53 PM PDT
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Updated numbers are posted to https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173---,00.html

Cumulative Number of Specimens Tested for COVID-19 - Last Updated 4/2/2020 14:45

Lab Type Negative Tests Positive Tests Total Specimens Tested
Commercial 2312 592 2909
Hospital 16930 5906 22450
Public Health 4303 1507 5818
Grand Total 23545 8005 31177

Notes

Notes: This is a new reporting system and additional laboratories will be included over time. Counts of specimens tested positive will not equal number of people with COVID-19. People may have more than one test or may have had their test from an out of state lab. Total samples tested includes test that were negative, positive, and inconclusive. Commercial labs only includes data from LabCorp. Public health labs include the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Laboratories. Counts represent the total specimens tested, not total patients tested. A patient can have more than one specimen tested, therefore the number of specimens tested may be more than the number of patients tested.

pfarus commented on April 3, 2020, 11:54 AM PDT
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Michigan negative counts were not updated "Last updated: 4/02 11:00 ET"

careeningspace commented on April 11, 2020, 9:24 PM PDT
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Those counts are for specimens. I did update with even more accurate data. See issue #173

#109: Georgia (US) - links to data behind DPH COVID-19 Daily Status Report

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bbrewington opened this issue on March 12, 2020, 2:45 PM PDT

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The one you probably want to post in the States-info.csv file is the "Daily updated status report". Providing others in case you need to track data down to county level.

Daily updated status report - https://dph.georgia.gov/georgia-department-public-health-covid-19-daily-status-report

Links to JSON data behind the above report Total cases: https://sendss.state.ga.us/sendss/!ncovstatus.ajax?ptarget=obsummary Breakdown by Sex: https://sendss.state.ga.us/sendss/!ncovstatus.ajax?ptarget=gender Breakdown by Age Bucket: https://sendss.state.ga.us/sendss/!ncovstatus.ajax?ptarget=age Cases by County - https://sendss.state.ga.us/sendss/!ncovstatus.ajax_ncovmap

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