U.S. COVID-19 Case Counts at State and County Levels

A time series of cumulative coronavirus cases compiled by The New York Times from state and local governments. The data covers the United States at national, state, and county geographic levels. The specific snapshot in this deposit was scraped by ICUSR staff on November 22, 2020.

Use Cases

• Modeling the progression of the COVID-19 outbreak based on cumulative case time series.
• Comparing infection rates and trends across different U.S. states and counties.
• Visualizing the geographic spread of the pandemic over time at multiple administrative levels.

Strengths

• Data is compiled from authoritative state and local government sources.
• Provides a multi-level geographic view (national, state, county).
• Represents a specific, documented snapshot from November 22, 2020.

Limitations

• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown.
• The data is a static snapshot; freshness is not guaranteed beyond the scrape date.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

The New York Times, compiled from state and local governments and health departments.

Collection Method

Scraped from the New York Times GitHub repository by ICUSR staff.

Time Range

Covers the period of the ongoing outbreak up to November 22, 2020.

Freshness

Snapshot from November 22, 2020; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

United States, including national, state, and county levels.