Daily COVID-19 case and death counts for Los Angeles County, California, sourced from Johns Hopkins University. The dataset includes county-level metrics like new_cases and deaths alongside state-level aggregates such as state_cases and new_state_deaths for comparison. It was last updated on 2025-11-11 and is available from data.lacity.org.
Use Cases
- Modeling county-level case growth using new_cases and date for time-series forecasting.
- Analyzing the relationship between testing and infections using people_tested and cases.
- Comparing county and state mortality trends using deaths and state_deaths.
- Mapping case density by county using Lat, Lon, and cases for geospatial visualization.
Strengths
- Includes 15 columns with granular metrics like new_deaths and people_tested.
- Provides daily updates, with the last recorded update on 2025-11-11.
- Integrates both county-level (fips, county) and state-level (state, state_cases) data for comparative analysis.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from the JHU GitHub repository by the City of Los Angeles.
- Freshness
- Updated daily; last updated 2025-11-11 21:25:58.
- Geography
- Los Angeles County, California, USA.