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COVID Tracking Project Data:
App:  4/30/2020

Summary

This tool allows users to view COVID-19 data from across the United States. It works by merging county-level COVID-19 data from The New York Times with sources from the U.S. Census Bureau, mapping the data by metropolitan area.

As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the U.S., thousands of people from across the country have used this dashboard to understand how the virus is impacting their community. Users can compare cities to watch the effects of shelter-in-place orders and gain insights on what may come next.

Sources

COVID-19 cases and deaths: The New York Times, based on reports from state and local health agencies.
U.S. metropolitan area definitions: The United States Office of Management and Budget.
Population estimates: The United States Census Bureau.
COVID-19 Testing data: The COVID Tracking Project.

Inspiration for the design of these charts and this dashboard was derived from John Burn-Murdoch and Edward Parker, PhD, respectively.

Code

This is an open-source tool and suggestions for improvement are welcomed. Those interested in contributing to this site can access the code on GitHub. Major contributions will be acknowledged.

Authors

Benjamin Wissel, BS^1,2, PJ Van Camp, MD^1,2, Michal Kouril, PhD^1,2,3, Chad Weis, MS¹, Tracy A. Glauser, MD^1,3,4, Peter S. White, PhD², Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD⁵, and Judith W. Dexheimer, PhD<sup>1,2,3,6

1</sup>Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
²Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
³Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
⁴Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
⁵Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
⁶Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Citation

Wissel BD, Van Camp PJ, Kouril M, Weis C, Glauser TA, White PS, Kohane IS, Dexheimer JW. An Interactive Online Dashboard for Tracking COVID-19 in U.S. Counties, Cities, and States in Real-Time. JAMIA. 2020. In Press.

Contact

Benjamin Wissel
Email: benjamin.wissel@cchmc.org
Twitter: @bdwissel

PJ Van Camp
LinkedIn: pjvancamp

Acknowledgements

This site would not be possible without the help of our excellent team. Special thanks to Leighanne Toole for media relations and promotion, and Danny Wu, PhD and Sander Su for their help launching the beta version of this site. We have received excellent feedback from the academic community, which we have taken into consideration and used to improve the presentation of the data; we would especially like to acknowledge Samuel Keltner for his suggestions.


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