We want this data so that we can know better how to act.”īlauer added that it has been a continual learning process compiling the new data and figuring out on an ongoing basis how to provide new insights. “ really the whole purpose of collecting data in the first place. “We can then more appropriately identify areas where an increased transmission is happening, and try to understand what resources may be needed in order to mitigate the impacts of these infections,” she said.
Jennifer Nuzzo, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said the county level data gives a much more nuanced understanding of the cases, hospitalisations and deaths that are occurring. “ Our goal is to make this data as publicly and widely available as possible to help inform reporting and ongoing conversations and decision making about COVID-19 i n the United States,” said Dr Lainie Rutkow, professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, during the press briefing.Īdditional data for each county includes the density of the outbreak, localised stay-at-home policies, race and ethnicity, poverty rate, health insurance type, number of residents, and hospital capacity, among others. The map, and its county status reports, are not drawn from new proprietary data but instead compile publicly available data and will be updated once a day. She said it will help make public researchers, concerned citizens, policymakers, the media, and others gain better insights and track the COVID-19 pandemic. The world version, produced by Johns Hopkins University, includes confirmed cases by country and has become a trusted resource for tracking cases of COVID-19, fatalities, recoveries, and other data, since its launch in January.īeth Blauer, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins University Centers for Civic Impact, said the new localised maps will give an “incredible opportunity to start to really zoom in and understand the impact that COVID-19 is having at a very local level”. A global map that tracks coronavirus cases now includes data broken down to include every US county.