# nytimes/covid-19-data

A repository of data on coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S.

Repository: https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/covid-19-data
Homepage: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: covid-19
Last push: 2024-04-02T16:00:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2353, "days_push": 883, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6964, forks 3382 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:51.774986+00:00)

## What it is
An archived New York Times dataset of cumulative COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States at the national, state, and county level from 2020 to early 2023, plus supplementary datasets on prisons, colleges, excess deaths, and mask use. Daily updates ended in March 2023 and the repository now serves as a historical record.

## Use cases
- analyze historical covid-19 case and death trends by county
- download us state-level covid time series as csv
- study excess deaths during the pandemic
- research covid outbreaks in prisons and colleges
- build data visualizations of the pandemic's spread
- train models on historical epidemiological data

## When to choose
- you need historical US covid-19 case and death data from 2020-2023
- you want county-level time series for retrospective analysis
- you need supplementary datasets like mask use or prison cases

## When to avoid
- you need current or live covid-19 data
- you need data outside the United States
- you need hospitalization or testing data, which is not included

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: abandoned
- function: data-science, analytics, csv
- domain: data-science, healthcare, analytics
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: covid-19, public-health, time-series, united-states, archived, epidemiology

## Member repositories
- nytimes/covid-19-data (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:51.774986+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:41:11.095699+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:51.774986+00:00, sha 1b2b26d1169a)
  - homepage: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:37:18.845750+00:00, sha 7ea9f4ee0d57)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.