The COVID Tracking Project has come to an end.
Our final data collection shift took place on March 7, 2021. Don’t worry, all our data is still here.
We would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who,
for the last 12 months, collected and published
the most complete data about COVID-19 in the US.
The COVID Tracking Project was cited in nearly 900 academic papers, including major medical journals like The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, and JAMA.
Our data was used by two presidential administrations and an array of federal agencies, including the CDC, HHS, and FDA.
Federal lawmakers used our data in at least 10 letters demanding answers on the pandemic response from government leaders and commercial labs.
And our data was cited in over 7,500 news stories in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Vox, ProPublica, and many more.
Our analysis & updates
Read all our postsMarch 18, 2021
A New Surge Has Arrived in Michigan, but We Don’t Know What It Will Look Like
According to federal data, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have reversed their decline in Michigan, marking a new surge concentrated in and around Detroit, but affecting regions statewide.
Read the articleA New Surge Has Arrived in Michigan, but We Don’t Know What It Will Look LikeMarch 15, 2021
Federal COVID Data in a Single Stream
We’ve created a bit of code that helps combine federal testing, case, deaths, and hospitalization data into a single spreadsheet.
Read the articleFederal COVID Data in a Single StreamMarch 8, 2021
Giving Thanks and Looking Ahead: Our Data Collection Work Is Done
While our work to compile COVID-19 data has concluded, we will continue to share research, analysis, and documentation in the months ahead. We are enormously grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who made this work possible.
Read the articleGiving Thanks and Looking Ahead: Our Data Collection Work Is DoneMarch 8, 2021
Federal COVID Data 101: How to Find Data
Here’s where and how you can find COVID-19 data now that The COVID Tracking Project has ended.
Read the articleFederal COVID Data 101: How to Find DataMarch 5, 2021
Releasing our Annotations on COVID-19 State Data Definitions
As part of our wind-down process, we’re publicly sharing our structured metadata on state COVID-19 data definitions.
Read the articleReleasing our Annotations on COVID-19 State Data DefinitionsMarch 5, 2021
Federal COVID Data 101: Working with Testing Data
At least three different federal agencies share testing data for SARS-CoV-2 in at least four different places. Here’s a little about where that data comes from, what each dataset has to offer, and how you can use the datasets best in light of their large differences from state-provided data.
Read the articleFederal COVID Data 101: Working with Testing Data