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COVID-19 DASHBOARDS
MONITORING A PANDEMIC
Derek Law, Esri
In December 2019, an outbreak of a pneumonia-like disease was reported in Wuhan City, China.The virus was named SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus). By the time the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) properly identified the virus, it had spread to countries beyond China.
In early February 2020, Lauren Gardner, director of the Center for Systems Science and
Engineering and a civil engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University ( JHU), led a team to create
a dashboard to help monitor and visualize reported cases on a global scale (see this book’s introduction).
The JHU COVID-19 Dashboard reports case locations and key performance indicators, such as confirmed cases, deaths, and recoveries. Confirmed cases can be filtered by country, and, in the United States, further filtered by state and county. Serial charts show data trends over time.
By early March, many other countries began reporting COVID-19 cases. Several hundred different dashboards have been created to help monitor the outbreaks. Some are designed for country-specific or, in the United States, at state, county, and local levels. Variations of the dashboards have also been created to support viewing on mobile devices..
To learn more about ArcGIS Dashboards and visit the live apps mentioned above visit GISforScience.com.
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