UPDATED March 31, 2020 Note: More recent data is now available here. Among the 53 metro areas with a million or more population: New York, New Orleans, Detroit and Seattle have the highest incidence of pandemic among large metros. Seattle’s rate of new cases has declined to the lowest level among large metro areas Detroit, […]
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Our “how to” guide to interpreting metro level Covid-19 data Here”s our explainer for understanding where your metro area stands compared to others A word of caution: Reported case data can be noisy and potentially misleading You’ll want to understand two metrics: prevalence (the number of cases per capita) and growth (how fast the number
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UPDATED, March 30, 2020 Among the 53 metro areas with a million or more population: New York, New Orleans, Detroit and Seattle have the highest incidence of pandemic among large metros. Detroit has now surpassed Seattle in cases per capita New York had the highest level of reported cases per 100,000: 340 The typical (median)
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UPDATED, March 29, 2020 NOTE: More recent data is now available here. Among the 53 metro areas with a million or more population: New York, New Orleans, Detroit and Seattle have the highest incidence of pandemic among large metros. Detroit has now surpassed Seattle in cases per capita New York had the highest level of
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What City Observatory this week 1. The Geography of Covid-19. A week ago, we issued a call to get much more granular with our statistical analysis of the pandemic’s spread. In just the past few days, a number of new localized measures have emerged. We highlight some of the best practices from around the world.
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A note to our readers: This post has been superseded by new analysis published on March 28. In addition, the original post contains an error: The original version of estimates for the New York Metropolitan area reported on March 25 included an incorrect estimate of the rate of reported Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population. The actual reported
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New York, New Orleans and Seattle have the highest incidence of pandemic among large metros. The typical metro is only about 1-2 weeks behind these cities in the progression of the virus. Editor’s Note: As of 26 March, we have produced updated estimates with data through 25 March: These data are here. We’ve estimated the
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The key to flattening the curve is reducing the daily rate of growth in Covid-19 cases We’ve charted the daily average growth rate for the counties with the most cases. The results are mixed: Covid-19 growth is slowing in some areas, but accelerating in others As City Observatory readers know, we’re very focused on the
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What maps and charts can–and can’t–tell us about the spread of the pandemic National dashboards now have county data We need to shift our focus to changes in rates of growth at smaller geographies South Korea shows its possible to do high-definition, point-mapping of Covid-19 cases NOTE: City Observatory’s has tabulations of metropolitan data through
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We’ve estimated the incidence of Covid-19 by county in states with 200 or more cases as of March 19, 2020. Incidence is calculated as diagnosed cases per 100,000 population. Data are shown for counties with 100,000 population or more. Highlights: Among these counties, the incidence of Covid-19 is highest in New York City (all five
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