New York State COVID-19 Fatalities by County and Facility, Archived 2025
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Description
New York State Department of Health provides cumulative healthcare facility-reported fatalities for patients with lab-confirmed COVID-19. Data is sourced from daily HERDS surveys completed by hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities, with reporting beginning in March 2020. The dataset is archived as of April 16, 2025, and no longer updated.
Use Cases
Analyze temporal trends in fatalities using the Report Date column.
Compare fatality counts across different regions using the County column.
Investigate the distribution of fatalities by location of occurrence using the Place of Fatality column.
Calculate cumulative fatality totals for specific counties using the Deaths by County of Residence column.
Strengths
Data sourced from mandatory daily surveys via the NYSDOH HERDS system.
Includes fatalities from three facility types: hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities.
Covers the period from the start of mandatory reporting in March and April 2020.
Limitations
Excludes fatalities that did not occur at a hospital, nursing home, or adult care facility.
Row count and total data size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
Dataset is archived and no longer updated as of April 16, 2025.
Provenance
Source
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Health Electronic Response Data System (HERDS).
Collection Method
Daily COVID-19 survey completed by hospitals, nursing homes, and adult care facilities.
Time Range
From March 2020 (hospitals) and April 2020 (nursing homes/adult care) onward.
Freshness
Last updated 2025-04-16 16:00:47; dataset is archived and no longer updated.
Geography
New York State, United States, by county.
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