Noticed a big shift in how COVID case counts got reported after March 2020

I was looking back at some old state health department data from my area in Ohio. Back in early 2020, they were updating case numbers every single day with detailed breakdowns on age and location. Then around May 2020, they switched to a weekly summary format and stopped giving out the city level data. I pulled the numbers for June 2020 and found cases were actually rising but the headlines said everything was flat. The change in how they reported the data made a huge difference in what people thought was happening. Has anyone else noticed these shifts in how local health numbers get presented over time?

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ramirez.vera5d ago

My friend in Michigan said the same thing happened there, their local numbers just disappeared.

charles_coleman5d ago

Funny how @charlies37 brought up Ohio because that's exactly the pattern I'm seeing too (like a domino effect across states). What gets me is that these aren't even close call races where you'd expect some recount drama, it's just random counties dropping data. Almost feels like someone's testing the waters (you know, seeing if anyone actually notices when numbers go missing).

charlies375d ago

@ramirez.vera I heard the same from a guy in Ohio who said his county's election site just dropped all precinct results overnight.