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Data in Motion

COVID-19 Data in Motion

A 60-second, daily summary of the most important data on COVID-19 in the U.S., updated every morning.

Pandemic Data Outlook

Antiquated Data Infrastructure Delays Pandemic Reporting

Outdated and complex federal public health data reporting infrastructure has been unable to satisfy the demand for high-quality real-time data throughout the pandemic. We explore some of the causes of and possible solutions for this federal data backlog.

Testing Trends Tool

Track trends in COVID-19 cases and tests

State Timeline

Impact of opening and closing decisions by state

A look at how social distancing measures may have influenced trends in COVID-19 cases and deaths

Vaccines

Understand timelines, safety, and development for COVID-19 vaccines.

U.S. Vaccination Efforts

Explore Vaccination Progress by U.S. State

International Vaccination Efforts

Explore Vaccination Progress by Country

Vaccine Story

Explore how U.S. states delivered their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to their residents at vastly different speeds that led to vastly different results.

Vaccine State Plans

Compare the various strategies U.S. states used for rolling out vaccinations. While states all agreed health care workers should be first in line for vaccines, the states quickly diverged on who came next.

December 6, 2021

Supreme Court Approved Vaccine Mandates 116 Years Ago

By Chris Beyrer, Larry Corey

September 8, 2021

Full Approval: What Does FDA Approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Mean for Mandates? Hesitancy? The Fall?

By Chris Beyrer

August 16, 2021

Vaccination and the Delta Variant: Four Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

By Larry Corey

May 26, 2021

Q&A: 80 Million Donated Vaccine Doses: Too Little, Too Late?

By William Moss

Pandemic Data Initiative

Providing an archive for the data patterns we noticed throughout the COVID crisis

Pandemic Data Outlook

Antiquated Data Infrastructure Delays Pandemic Reporting

Outdated and complex federal public health data reporting infrastructure has been unable to satisfy the demand for high-quality real-time data throughout the pandemic. We explore some of the causes of and possible solutions for this federal data backlog.

Expert Insight

Q&A: Institutional Pandemic Funding Catalyzes Research Collaboration

University research administration responded quickly to the funding needs of the pandemic, instituting the JHU COVID-19 Research Support Program in March 2020. The interdisciplinary program has provided major lessons in data transparency and collaboration that could redefine the structure of institutional research after the pandemic.

Pandemic Data Outlook

2021: Pandemic Data Year in Review

Over the course of 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic continued to ravage the world despite the major success of vaccine development and rollout. The data show that we are making significant headway, but data collection, analysis, and dissemination efforts must be strengthened in order to end the pandemic in 2022.

Expert Insight

Q&A: Data Tardiness in Schools Hinders Responsiveness

There is insufficient data on how the pandemic has affected students, and even when those data are available, they often are released too late to help policymakers. The key to improving equity for all students is having real-time, interconnected data streams available to educators and administrators at all levels.

Tracking

Follow global cases and trends.
Updated daily.

Tracking Covid

Explore critical data

Examine the pandemic through a variety of demographic lenses: age, race, ethnicity, and gender.

U.S. State Data Availability

Which states have released breakdowns of Covid-19 data by race?

Visual representations of released state data.

Testing

Providing public access to COVID-19 testing data, resources, and expert analysis

Testing tracker

See changes in new cases and testing capacity in all 50 states

Understanding COVID-19 outbreaks across U.S. states and regions based on three important metrics.

Testing tracker

New tests per 100k people

A state-by-state comparison.

Testing tracker

Have new tests declined from previous week?

A state-level look at weekly changes in testing rates.

Testing tracker

Percent of new tests that are positive

See which states meet or exceed test positivity rates recommended by the World Health Organization.

Contact Tracing

Resources and Expert Guidance for Tracing the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Contact Tracing: A course from Johns Hopkins

The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. The job qualifications for contact tracing positions differ throughout the country and the world, with some new positions open to individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.

news | January 7, 2022

The Washington Post: Amid Omicron surge, contract tracing is more complicated, officials say

With the number of potential contacts infected by the highly contagious Omicron variant far higher than with previous variants, it is not feasible for health officials to reach everyone who may be at risk.

news | February 24, 2021

USA Today: COVID-19 exposure warnings for iPhone, Android phones: apps still await widespread adoption

Six months after the arrival of the first COVID-19-warning smartphone apps built on a privacy-preserving framework from Apple and Google, they remain yet another coronavirus pandemic scarcity.

resource | November 25, 2020

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Monitoring and Evaluating Contact Tracing Programs

Contact tracing courses, metrics and tools from the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

E-Learning: Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Insights from Johns Hopkins University Experts

Insights From Johns Hopkins University Experts

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

Describe characteristics of the COVID-19 disease, including how it is diagnosed and treated
Understand the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging trends throughout the world
Discuss societal challenges raised by COVID-19 and opportunities to address them

Module 1

Virology, Coronaviruses, and COVID-19

Module 2

Diagnosing, Treating, and Preventing COVID-19

Module 3

Medical Therapies and Vaccines in Development

Module 4

Epidemiology: Understanding the Spread of COVID-19

Take Online Course

Latest News & Resources

webcasts | January 21, 2022

Pandemic Data Initiative Expert Forum: COVID Patient Data

Please join us for the fourth Pandemic Data Initiative Expert Forum featuring guests from academia, medicine, and health agencies. Friday January 21, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST.

experts | January 14, 2022

NPR: The surge of Omicron cases in the U.S. may have started to peak

Could the Omicron surge be starting to peak in the United States?

news | January 14, 2022

Slate: So you’re triple-vaxxed and still got COVID. Now what?

Having been triple-vaccinated, plus granted some immunity from my recent bout of COVID, am I now protected against another infection?

experts | January 11, 2022

Axios: Rethinking the value of COVID case counts

How useful are case counts actually in understanding where we are in the pandemic?

experts | January 11, 2022

U.S. COVID Cases, Hospitalizations Set Record

An analysis of Coronavirus Resource Center data summarizes the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the United States.

experts | January 10, 2022

WBAL: With COVID cases spiking, what can be done to keep children safe?

We are seeing a record number of children hospitalized with COVID-19, but now some help may be on the way.

news | January 10, 2022

CNBC: Omicron-specific vaccine is coming but ‘may not matter – everybody’s going to be infected,’ says expert

An Omicron-specific COVID vaccine will be ready by March but some experts warn it could be “too late” due to the variant’s highly transmissible nature.

news | January 7, 2022

The Washington Post: Amid Omicron surge, contract tracing is more complicated, officials say

With the number of potential contacts infected by the highly contagious Omicron variant far higher than with previous variants, it is not feasible for health officials to reach everyone who may be at risk.

webcasts | January 7, 2022

The Johns Hopkins 30-Minute COVID-19 Briefing: Expert Insights on What You Need to Know Now

Friday January 7, 2021 12:30-1:00 ET Join experts from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (CRC) at 12pm ET on Fridays for timely, accessible updates on the state of the pandemic and the public health response.

experts | December 22, 2021

The New York Times: I’m a parent. How can I protect my family from Omicron?

We asked two experts about how to think about the Omicron variant risk for children.

news | December 22, 2021

The New York Times: Biden promised 500 million tests, but Americans will have to wait

President Biden promised Americans he is making 500 million coronavirus tests available free of charge, but help is at least weeks away — if not longer — for anxious Americans facing a surge of new virus cases.

news | December 22, 2021

Today: Pfizer is testing a 3rd dose in kids: What parents need to know

Parents of young kids will have to wait just a bit longer for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

news | December 21, 2021

The Hill: Five things to know about Biden’s Omicron plan

President Biden laid out a plan Tuesday to tackle the new threat of increasing COVID-19 cases across the U.S. that is largely due to Omicron quickly becoming the dominant variant.

news | December 20, 2021

The Atlantic: How long does Omicron take to make you sick?

In all likelihood, the shorter the incubation period, the faster someone becomes contagious—and the quicker an outbreak spreads.

webcasts | December 17, 2021

The Johns Hopkins 30-Minute COVID-19 Briefing: Expert Insights on What You Need to Know Now

Friday December 17, 2021 12:00-12:30 ET Join experts from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (CRC) at 12pm ET on Fridays for timely, accessible updates on the state of the pandemic and the public health response.