Visualizing COVID-19 Data
summary
City collects and centralizes fragmented county and municipal data into a daily briefing system that reaches the mayor and is publicly downloadable producing about 170 daily briefings of 45–100 slides since April and a real‑time recovery dashboard. Tools include Tableau Python ArcGIS and Illustrator. Neighborhood‑level maps drive testing siting for nine static and rotating sites supporting 12–15k tests per day. Key obstacles are PDF data feeds episode‑date lags and multiple positivity metrics.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 2:15About the innovation team
- 6:58Jurisdictional data challenges
- 10:29Data collection and processing hurdles
- 14:45Daily briefing content priorities
- 19:49Measuring case data accurately
- 23:02Interpreting positivity rates
- 26:18Final visualizations and tools
- 30:59Q&A session
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