San Francisco COVID-19 Deaths by Day with Cumulative Totals

San Francisco COVID-19 related deaths by day, showing new and cumulative deaths by date of death. Data is provided by the California Department of Public Health and uses a death certificate-based definition aligned with state and national guidelines. The dataset updates automatically twice each Wednesday morning Pacific Time, with totals subject to revision as more information becomes available.

Use Cases

• Modeling daily COVID-19 mortality trends in San Francisco based on reported new deaths.
• Analyzing the cumulative impact of the pandemic over time based on the running total of deaths.
• Assessing data reliability and reporting lags by examining revisions to death totals for previous days.

Strengths

• Data definition is explicitly aligned with the California Department of Public Health and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.
• Update process is clearly documented as occurring twice weekly on Wednesdays at specific times.
• Provides a clear distinction between new daily deaths and cumulative death totals.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes that more recent data is less reliable and totals for previous days may change.

Provenance

Source

California Department of Public Health, provided by the City of San Francisco.

Collection Method

Death data is processed from death certificates where COVID-19 is listed as a cause or significant contributing condition.

Freshness

Updates automatically at 06:30 and 07:30 AM Pacific Time on Wednesday each week.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA.