From 2ba1bbc6c91af729e9c7f9a259ab79d478777faa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ana Karina Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 15:14:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Changes to USAfacts to include geo updates --- docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md | 4 ++-- docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md index 115d6f4a3..13f5a9d1e 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ grand_parent: COVIDcast API {: .no_toc} * **Source name:** `usa-facts` -* **Number of data revisions since 19 May 2020:** 1 -* **Date of last change:** [12 October 2020](../covidcast_changelog.md#usa-facts) +* **Number of data revisions since 19 May 2020:** 2 +* **Date of last change:** [3 November 2020](../covidcast_changelog.md#usa-facts) * **Available for:** county, hrr, msa, state (see [geography coding docs](../covidcast_geography.md)) This data source of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths is based on reports made diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md b/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md index cb795a296..e6c3b1756 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ We went from a custom (using a zip->(county, msa, hrr, state)) to a central geo ### `usa-facts` +#### 3 November 2020 +We went from a custom geo mapping file (for aggregating from zip->(county, msa, hrr, state)) to a central geo file based on rigorously sourced US census data. + #### 12 October 2020 The 10 October 2020 issue of all `usa-facts` deaths signals has been removed from the API. The file for deaths provided by USAFacts on 10 October included cases data instead. The resulting spurious 100× increase in magnitude of COVIDcast `usa-facts` deaths signals was noticed on 11 October and repaired on 12 October. Subsequent issues have adequate coverage of all regions and dates that were included in the 10 October issue, so this change only affects forecasters that intend to pull training data with an `as_of` or `issues` parameter set to 20201010. From 183b98ccba71be06543e71bee344a47633b6e8da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Katie Mazaitis Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 17:27:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Use usafacts-specific geo reference --- docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md b/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md index e6c3b1756..8324dbc73 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast_changelog.md @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ We went from a custom (using a zip->(county, msa, hrr, state)) to a central geo ### `usa-facts` #### 3 November 2020 -We went from a custom geo mapping file (for aggregating from zip->(county, msa, hrr, state)) to a central geo file based on rigorously sourced US census data. +We went from a custom geo mapping file (for aggregating from county->(msa, hrr, state)) to a central geo file based on rigorously sourced US census data. #### 12 October 2020