CoViD-19 Data Sources and Articles
I compiled this list of data sources regarding CoViD-19 that I keep going back to as well as articles I keep sending to friends who would like to educate themselves more on the topic.
Data Sources:
- Most comprehensive data source for global case and death counts including timelines:
- Real-time case data for US and Canada with credible sources:
- World map of confirmed cases by Johns Hopkins University:
- Dashboard with more advanced metrics and ability to filter by country and state:
- US map by New York Times:
- Timeline plots by country on logarithmic scale by Financial Times:
- Data on testing and hospitalizations by US state:
- Collection of API data sources:
Hospital Capacity Projections & Healthcare Information:
- Most comprehensive resource for projection of hospitalizations with updated actual data:
- Projection of infections and hospitalizations based on different intervention scenarios by US state:
- Hospital capacity modeled as function of percentage of population infected and time span of infections:
- US Map with number of ICU beds by county:
- US hospitalization rates by age group:
- US ICU admission rates by age group:
- US fatality rates by age group:
- International comparison of healthcare systems:
Social Distancing Data & Simulations:
- Google Community Mobility Reports:
- Social Distancing Scoreboard by US state:
- Location data tracking example Spring Break in Florida:
- Location data tracking example New York City:
- Simulation of different social distancing models:
Educational Articles:
- Extremely well written and researched article about (1) how many cases there will be in your area, (2) what will happen when they materialize, (3) what you should do, and (4) when:
- Another fantastic article by the same author, covering (1) what the current situation is, (2) what options we have, (3) why time is the one thing that matters, (4) what a good coronavirus strategy looks like, and (5) how we should think about the economic and social impacts:
- Reports from Imperial College London:
- Analysis of different social distancing measures and their outcomes:
- Projections of US hospitalizations and death toll. Written on March 20, 2020:
- Infographic – The History of Pandemics:
- Article on why we need free, widespread testing to end social distancing:
Educational Videos:
Animated explainer video about CoViD-19:
Medical explanation on what SARS-CoV-2 does in the human body. It gets interesting at 8:11:
TED Talk by Bill Gates from 2015, stating that we’re not ready for the next outbreak: