Announcement: This dataset is being archived on March 23

[wmandrews]

On March 23, 2023, the data in this repo for daily cases and deaths will no longer be updated. The Times plans to change its Covid tracking pages to use data from the federal government. This GitHub repo will serve as an archive of the daily case and death reporting that The Times has done since early 2020.

As case and death reporting at the local level has become less frequent and comprehensive, the daily data we have been able to gather has become less useful for indicating real-time trends about the virus. The Times will continue to publish the latest data from federal sources on its website.

Here are links to the data published by the federal government if you would like to switch sources.

• The C.D.C.’s primary Covid data dashboard contains links to many different sources of data.
• For data on cases and deaths, the C.D.C. publishes a timeseries of weekly cases and deaths by state as reported by state health departments.
• For county-level data, the White House publishes weekly Community Profile Reports with new cases and deaths and many other metrics.
• The C.D.C. also publishes a version of their case surveillance database in line-list format, with cases at the county-level by month. This data is updated roughly once a month.
• For deaths data, the C.D.C.’s National Center for Health Statistics maintains a dashboard with a variety of different data files on Covid mortality based on reconciled death certificates. This deaths data is collected with a different methodology than the other cases and deaths data, which is drawn from the case surveillance database, and would be our recommendation for any analyses of Covid mortality.

Thank you for your help and feedback to make this dataset better throughout the pandemic.

[sujitrect]

Hi, Do we have a specific date from when the data flow will stop?

We are heavily using these API's in our production workflows and a date will really help in planning, prioritizing and notifying.

[tiffehr]

@sujitrect Not yet. We need to untangle dependencies between our data and other sources first, and each of those have changes coming within March as well. We'll report back here and in the READMEs once we have a date. Stay subscribed to this issue, please.

[wmandrews]

@sujitrect Thanks for your patience. We plan to publish our last update on the evening of March 23, this Thursday.

cc @smcclure17

[MirrorCola]

I have been expecting this, but am disappointed nonetheless.

In any case, thank you all so much for all of your efforts, your data has helped my family and me keep track of the latest data (even though I knew it was becoming more and more suspect.) You all have been very responsive to questions and issues as well.

[smcclure17]

@wmandrews thanks for the update, and thank you for all the great data over the years

[sujitrect]

@sujitrect Thanks for your patience. We plan to publish our last update on the evening of March 23, this Thursday.

Thanks for carrying on this far guys.