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COVID-19 Data Dashboard Aims To Help Identify Local Risk Levels

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago
By Dr. Peter Plantes

The extreme challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced extraordinary responses at multiple levels. However, as micro-communities like workplaces and schools are reopening, it is imperative that their highly granular data needs be met in ways that are useful to leaders that are not statisticians. Individuals spend their days moving between multiple micro-communities, raising the risk for infection in each. In fact, research suggests that one-third of viral respiratory infectious disease transmission occurs in schools and workplaces.¹ As such, significant precautions are required to prevent rapid spread of infection among and between micro-community populations.

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Massachusetts COVID-19 Dashboard: 13 new deaths, 1,452 new cases

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago

BOSTON (WWLP) – State public health officials reported 13 newly confirmed deaths and 1,452 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts.

Total COVID-19 Cases by Age Group:

  • 0-4 years: 1,223
  • 5-9 years: 1,400
  • 10-14 years: 1,696
  • 15-19 years: 2,481
  • 20-29 years: 5,046
  • 30-39 years: 4,050
  • 40-49 years: 2,916
  • 50-59 years: 2,859
  • 60-69 years: 1,617
  • 70-79 years: 468
  • 80+ years: 258

Clusters of COVID-19

There are currently 18,222 total clusters out of 25,922 confirmed cases and 1,973 close contacts. Households are the highest exposure setting with 17,233 total clusters, 8,389 new clusters between March 21 through April 17, and 8,844 ongoing clusters

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WSYXODH to launch new dashboard showing number of positive COVID tests per countyThe Ohio Department of Health will launch a new online dashboard showing the number of positive COVID-19 tests per each county. April 23 …7 hours ago

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago

WSYXODH to launch new dashboard showing number of positive COVID tests per
countyThe Ohio Department of Health will launch a new online dashboard showing
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Penn State Adds 157 Cases To COVID-19 Dashboard

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago

Penn State reported 157 new COVID-19 cases among University Park students and employees this week, according to the university’s COVID-19 Dashboard.

Between Friday, April 16, and 3 p.m. on Friday, April 23, the university administered 5,252 tests to students and employees — about 400 fewer than last week.


Over the past week, Penn State’s total positivity rate for the semester (or since December 19) remained steady at 2.8%. About 2.8% of tests administered this week returned positive results, too.

Fifty-four students are currently isolating at Penn State’s Eastview Terrace complex, while 15 are quarantined there. The university is using

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Texas A&M develops dashboard monitoring COVID-19 impact on domestic, foreign trade

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) -Researchers with the Texas A&M University’s Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense team (CBTS) have teamed up with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a COVID-19 dashboard designed to predict COVID-19 threats to supply chains.

In 2019, Mexico surpassed China as the United States’ largest trading partner. As it relates to COVID-19, one of the dashboard functions is to monitor necessities that are used to make medical supplies, vaccines, and personal protection equipment needed during the pandemic.

The team says their goal is to diagnosis scenarios of social, economic, and environmental impacts posed

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VDH launches new COVID-19 Variants of Concern dashboard

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago

RICHMOND, Va. (WHSV) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has announced the launch of a new COVID-19 data dashboard that will include variants of concern received from participating laboratories for specimens that tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

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VDH and DCLS launch COVID-19 variants dashboard

By Veronica Tan 7 months ago

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health announced that it has launched a COVID-19 Variants of Concern dashboard, in collaboration with the  Department of General Services’ Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services.

The departments said this dashboard includes variants of  SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because they are an increased health risk. VDH said these variants may be spread easier, cause a more severe illness, be resistant to the COVID-19 vaccine, make treatments less effective and virus tests less accurate.

The VDH said while there is a smaller number

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