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The Atlantic COVID Tracking Project Data
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This data product offers essential metrics required to understand the progression of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. The information was collected and published by The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer organisation launched from The Atlantic, dedicated to gathering public health data during the pandemic. It provides a detailed, daily snapshot of testing volumes, patient hospitalisation statistics, and mortality figures.
Columns
The dataset contains 25 columns, providing extensive detail on the pandemic's impact:
- date: The date when the data was collected.
- states: Identifier relating to the state or jurisdiction.
- positive: The total cumulative count of positive COVID-19 cases (reaching a maximum of 28.8 million).
- negative: The total cumulative count of negative test results (with an 11% rate of missing values).
- pending: The number of tests awaiting results (with a mean value of 9.62 thousand).
- hospitalizedCurrently: The number of individuals currently in hospital due to COVID-19 (with a mean of 58 thousand).
- hospitalizedCumulative (or hospitalized): The total number of reported hospitalisations over time (peaking at 776 thousand).
- inIcuCurrently: The current count of patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
- inIcuCumulative: The total number of patients who have required ICU admission.
- onVentilatorCurrently: The current number of patients utilising a ventilator.
- onVentilatorCumulative: The total number of patients who have required ventilator support.
- dateChecked: The timestamp marking when the data was last verified.
- death: The total reported deaths related to the virus (with a mean of 187 thousand).
- totalTestResults: The overall cumulative volume of tests reported (reaching 364 million).
- lastModified: The timestamp of the last data modification.
- recovered: This column contains no valid data (100% missing).
- total, posNeg: These columns contain all zero values.
- deathIncrease: The daily change in reported deaths.
- hospitalizedIncrease: The daily change in reported hospitalisations.
- negativeIncrease: The daily change in negative test results reported.
- positiveIncrease: The daily change in positive cases reported (reaching a maximum increase of 295 thousand).
- totalTestResultsIncrease: The daily change in total test results reported (reaching a maximum increase of 2.31 million).
- hash: A unique identifier for the record.
Distribution
The data is delivered in a CSV file format named
daily.csv, with a file size of 82.82 kB. It consists of 25 separate columns. The data is structured as a time series and is updated on a weekly basis. Key fields have 420 valid records.Usage
This dataset is ideally suited for Time Series Analysis focused on the growth and decline of the pandemic. It provides granular data for business planning, public policy analysis, epidemiological modelling, and academic research into US governmental and healthcare responses.
Coverage
The geographic scope of the data covers the United States. The time range recorded spans from approximately early January 2020 through to early March 2021. The dataset captures data relating to 56 distinct states or jurisdictions. Note that key metrics like patient recovery counts are unavailable in this file.
License
The data is available under the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Who Can Use It
The primary audience includes data scientists and analysts conducting time series forecasting and retrospective analysis of the pandemic. It is also highly valuable for public health researchers studying healthcare capacity, specifically tracking the strain on hospital resources like ICU beds and ventilators. Policy makers can utilise the daily increase metrics to gauge immediate trends.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- US Daily COVID-19 Pandemic Tracker
- The Atlantic COVID Tracking Project Data
- National COVID-19 Hospitalisation and Testing Metrics
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Original Data Source: The Atlantic COVID Tracking Project Data
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