A Historic Exploration of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The US Covid Atlas is a free visualization tool, report builder, & community toolkit that connects COVID case data and community indicators across the United States from the beginning of the Pandemic.
The Atlas helps you access county-level data on COVID and the social determinants of health, use spatial analysis, and share stories to better understand the spread in communities and to bolster planning efforts.
2021-06-18
7-Day Average of New Cases per Capita by County (Source: USA Facts)
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In a quickly changing pandemic landscape, our tool connects COVID case data and community indicators across the United States from its beginning to today. The Atlas helps you access current, validated county-level data and spatial analysis to better understand the spread in communities and to bolster planning efforts.
Fast-track your COVID Insights
National 7-Day New
Cases on 12/31/22
50,713
Week Over Week
Average Change
-35.5%
14-Day National
New Case Trend
Pandemic Stories
Pandemic Stories by the US Covid Atlas collects stories behind the statistics and data. We seek perspectives that represent the diversity of experiences in the United States, in order to build a more holistic archive of the pandemic.
Atlas Features
Track regional hotspots using spatial statistics
Statistical clusters of both confirmed and daily new COVID cases & deaths, with and without population adjustment.
Watch COVID-19 spread across the country
Watch the spread of accumulated or daily new COVID cases using a time slider and live time-animation.
Zoom in to focus down to the county level
Uncover trends of the pandemic by comparing different data sources, variables, and spatial analytic insights.
Tap into community and health contexts
Connect to relevant social, economic, and health indicators to provide meaningful community context.
How can the Atlas be used to explore the Pandemic?
Learn
Explore tutorials, video demos, and examples of how the Atlas is used for different applications with the Learn toolkit. Get additional details on analytical methods used on the Atlas and learn about frequently asked questions posed during the Pandemic. Educators can also get more background, context, and activities on using the Atlas to support building spatial literacy skills in public health.
Listen
Data is not enough to understand the impact of the Pandemic. Watch, listen, and explore Atlas Stories, oral histories of people's experiences across the country, from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, to each coast.
Research
By integrating spatial data science, cutting-edge web architecture, design thinking, and deep knowledge in health geography, the Atlas became:
- the first dashboard to show county-level trends
- the first to include statistical hot spot detection on-the-fly
- the only dashboard to compare multiple sources of COVID data
- one of the first to incorporate social determinants of health
- the only dashboard to include stories alongside data across the U.S.
As an Open Science project, we encourage others to build on the Atlas's work to better understand the Pandemic's impact, as well as support new structures for improved resilience in future pandemics. Download data, review the tech stack, and explore multiple years of insights and community input.
The U.S. Covid Atlas earned top distinction in Dynamic Health Geography Visualizations in 2021, and also received an honorable mention for innovative design by Fast Company.