
More about reporting anomalies or changes The Times has identified reporting anomalies or methodology changes in the data. Department of Health and Human Services and are subject to historical revisions. Hospitalizations and test positivity are reported based on dates assigned by the U.S. viral test specimens tested by laboratories and state health departments and reported to the federal government. Hospitalization numbers early in the pandemic are undercounts due to incomplete reporting by hospitals to the federal government. Dips and spikes could be due to inconsistent reporting by hospitals. Figures for Covid patients in hospitals and I.C.U.s are the most recent number of patients with Covid-19 who are hospitalized or in an intensive care unit on that day.


Cases and deaths data are assigned to dates based on when figures are publicly reported. The seven-day average is the average of the most recent seven days of data. Department of Health and Human Services (test positivty, hospitalizations, I.C.U. About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths) U.S.

The tallies on this page include probable and confirmed cases and deaths.Ĭonfirmed cases and deaths, which are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, are counts of individuals whose coronavirus infections were confirmed by a molecular laboratory test. The Times began using deaths reported by the New York State Department of Health instead of the city's health department. New York State added a backlog of confirmed deaths from April 17 and April 18. New York City added a backlog of deaths from unspecified dates.

Our database changed to record deaths of New York City residents instead of deaths that took place in New York City. New York City removed four previously reported deaths after reviewing records.
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It also revised how it assigns cases to zip codes throughout the city. The New York City health department began reporting probable cases. New York City had a multiday disruption in reporting new data.
