Spatial Disparities of COVID-19 Cases and Fatalities in United States Counties
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- 1. Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina
Description
This dataset includes county-level COVID-19 cases and fatalities for all 50 U.S. states between January 21, 2020 and January 30th, 2021 as cumulative totals and by epi week. Standardized cases and fatalities are also calculated per 100,000 population. Data also includes county urban-rural designations, social vulnerability index (SoVI) values, community resilience values, unemployment change percentages, and coded county/state level COVID-19 mitigation value assignments. For more information on data manipulations or calculations, please reach out to corresponding author (Sarah L. Jackson - SJ36@email.sc.edu).
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