New York. About midway through the COVID-19 epidemic in New York City (NYC), reporting of confirmed and probable deaths started to occur separately. To account for this important distinction, we have instituted an alternative data processing step for NYC and thus New York state. To better track with the time series of confirmed cases from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), we now use the NYC data captured by the NY Times GitHub repository.
To account for probable deaths, we use the most recent day of reporting and now take the difference between NYC DOHMH total COVID-19 deaths (the sum of probable and confirmed deaths from the virus) and subtract reported deaths for that day based on the NY Times dataset. We then redistribute the remainder of deaths proportionate to the daily COVID-19 deaths from the NY Times data source.
To account for probable deaths, we use the most recent day of reporting and now take the difference between NYC DOHMH total COVID-19 deaths (the sum of probable and confirmed deaths from the virus) and subtract reported deaths for that day based on the NY Times dataset. We then redistribute the remainder of deaths proportionate to the daily COVID-19 deaths from the NY Times data source.
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Key changes to data sources and processing
New York. About midway through the COVID-19 epidemic in New York City (NYC), reporting of confirmed and probable deaths started to occur separately. To account for this important distinction, we have instituted an alternative data processing step for NYC and thus New York state. To better track with the time series of confirmed cases from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), we now use the NYC data captured by the NY Times GitHub repository.
To account for probable deaths, we use the most recent day of reporting and now take the difference between NYC DOHMH total COVID-19 deaths (the sum of probable and confirmed deaths from the virus) and subtract reported deaths for that day based on the NY Times dataset. We then redistribute the remainder of deaths proportionate to the daily COVID-19 deaths from the NY Times data source.
What kind of a formula is this?????
To account for probable deaths, we use the most recent day of reporting and now take the difference between NYC DOHMH total COVID-19 deaths (the sum of probable and confirmed deaths from the virus) and subtract reported deaths for that day based on the NY Times dataset. We then redistribute the remainder of deaths proportionate to the daily COVID-19 deaths from the NY Times data source.