In March 2020 the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic took on the responsibility of posting COVID-19 cases, testing, hospitalization, and death counts in the United States. The effort, led by The Atlantic and a team of 500 volunteers, proved to be invaluable when this key information was not otherwise reliably available as the worldwide pandemic unfolded.
The entirety of the COVID Tracking Project archives have been donated to UCSF, in collaboration with California Digital Library. Further, the raw data have been published in Dryad, a data repository that University of California is closely tied to. To read more about the archive donation — and explore the raw data — check out the links below:
- “Archives of the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic Donated to UCSF, in Partnership With the California Digital Library” — The Atlantic
- “UCSF to House COVID Tracking Project, a National Database Donated by The Atlantic” — UCSF News
- “COVID Tracking Project Data Now Available in Dryad” — Dryad
