Federal COVID Data 101: How to Find Data

For those just getting started with COVID-19 data, our data summary page lists and describes all the data, metadata, and related information we’ve released in public since The COVID Tracking Project began. For everyday users, we've also created a guide for where to find simple COVID data. Below are additional resources and guides for advanced users. We’ve also compiled a comprehensive list of how to find comparable federal data to that of The COVID Tracking Project’s.

COVID-19 cases and deaths data

We've written two guides for users who are new to federal cases and deaths data: cases data 101 and deaths data 101. We also held a training session about working with this data: You can view the presentation or watch the training video. Additional resources for cases and deaths include:

Cases

• CDC Cases and Deaths by State Over Time

• CDC Cases and Deaths by State Over Time at HealthData.gov

• CDC COVID Data Tracker

• Community Profile Reports

Deaths

• CDC Cases and Deaths by State Over Time

• NCHS Death Data (Overview)

• NCHS Death Data (Weekly)

• NCHS Death Data (County)

COVID-19 hospitalization and testing data

Again, we have two written guides to introduce users to this data: hospitalization data 101 and testing data 101. We also held a training session about working with this data: You can view the presentation or watch the video. Additional resources for hospitalization and testing data include:

Hospitalizations

• CDC COVID-19 Data Tracker (County)

• HealthData.gov (State-level Timeseries)

• HealthData.gov (State-level Daily Update)

• HealthData.gov (Facility-level Timeseries)

• Community Profile Reports 

• State Profile Reports

• HHS Protect Public Data Hub (Hospital Utilization)

• HHS Protect Public Data Hub (Hospital Reporting)

Testing

• CDC COVID Data Tracker (State)

• CDC COVID Data Tracker (County)

• HHS State-level Timeseries

• HHS Community Profile Reports

• CMS Nursing Home Test Positivity Rate 

• HHS Protect Public Data Hub (National Testing)

Race and ethnicity data and long-term care data

Read our 101 for working with The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services nursing home dataset, and read our guide for working with race and ethnicity data here. You can also view the presentation or watch the video for our training session about this data. Additional resources include:

Race and Ethnicity Data

• CDC Aggregate Data

• CDC Vaccine Data

• COVID-19 Case Surveillance Public Use Data 

• Case Surveillance Restricted Access Detailed Data

• NCHS Deaths Data

• COVID-Net Hospitalization Data

Long-Term Care Data

• CMS COVID Nursing Home Data

• CDC LTC COVID Vaccinations

• Walgreens and CVS LTC COVID Vaccinations

Video production by Hannah Hoffman and Carol Brandmaier-Monahan.