

11 because many states and local jurisdictions did not announce new data on Veterans Day. The daily count is artificially low on Nov. 25 because many states and local jurisdictions did not announce new data on Thanksgiving. 25 because many states and local jurisdictions did not announce new data on Christmas. The daily count is artificially low on Dec. 17 because many states and local jurisdictions did not announce new data on the Martin Luther King Jr. The daily count is artificially low on Jan. The cumulative number of deaths decreased because Massachusetts removed many previously reported deaths.

The Times began including death certificate data reconciled by the C.D.C., resulting in a one-day increase in total deaths. The federal data updates approximately once a month and appears as a spike in deaths on the day it updates. data based on death certificates for locations that do not report deaths regularly or comprehensively. More about reporting anomalies or changes The Times has identified reporting anomalies or methodology changes in the data. Vaccination data is not available for some counties. Hospitalized figures are updated once a week for each county and show the average number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized per 100,000 residents within any hospital service areas that intersect with the county, or in some cases, within any hospital referral regions that intersect with the county. test results only and is a seven day average. Test positivity data is based on viral P.C.R. Counties with fewer than 10,000 residents are not shown. The daily average for deaths is calculated with data reported in the last 30 days. The daily average for cases and hospitalizations is calculated with data that was reported in the last seven days. Department of Health and Human Services (test positivity, hospitalizations) Centers for Disease Control and state governments (vaccinations). Show more About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths) U.S. For more on how averages are calculated, see the F.A.Q. case and death total in order to account for irregularly timed case and death reports at the state level. This average may not match the average when calculated from the U.S. national case and death count averages, the average is the sum of the average number of cases and deaths in all states and territories each day. Certain days with anomalous total case or death reports are excluded from the average or have a portion of their cases and deaths which correspond to data backlogs removed from the average calculation.

Case and death seven-day averages are adjusted to reduce the impact of anomalous reporting. Cases and deaths data are assigned to dates based on when figures are publicly reported. Department of Health and Human Services and are subject to historical revisions. Hospitalizations and test positivity are reported based on dates assigned by the U.S. viral test specimens tested by laboratories and state health departments and reported to the federal government by the 50 states, Washington D.C. Hospitalization numbers early in the pandemic are undercounts due to incomplete reporting by hospitals to the federal government. Dips and spikes could be due to inconsistent reporting by hospitals.

Figures for Covid patients in hospitals and I.C.U.s are the most recent number of patients with Covid-19 who are hospitalized or in an intensive care unit on that day. The seven-day average is the average of the most recent seven days of data. Department of Health and Human Services (test positivity, hospitalizations, I.C.U. About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths) U.S.
