
The Times began including death certificate data reconciled by the C.D.C., resulting in a one-day increase in total deaths.Īlabama added 354 cases from late 2021 and early 2022.Īlabama added a backlog of cases from January and February 2022.Īlabama added a backlog of 2,654 cases from testing that occurred in December 2021 through February 2022.Īlabama did not report new cases and deaths during data system maintenance.Īlabama was unable to report new cases and deaths because of technical issues.Īlabama did not announce new data on New Year's Day because of technical issues.Īlabama added a backlog of 841 cases from one lab.Īlabama announced a backlog of cases from one lab.Īlabama added many cases on Aug. 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.

Department of Health and Human Services (test positivity, hospitalizations, I.C.U. About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths) U.S.
