Coping with COVID

cdc

US Dept of Labor

FL Dept of Health

FL DEO

The Tracking COVID-19 Project collects and published the most complete testing data available for the United States and its territories. This project was launched out of The Atlantic to fill a major gap in publicly available COVID-19 testing data. Check your state's testing data report card to see the quality of the data they are providing.

Straight up statistics, updated continuously:

Data by country and by American states: https://ncov2019.live/

Data by country, includes charts and graphs: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

A handy table from FloridaRXCard about symptoms, click here.

The Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at UF recently launched two new Web pages with information about COVID-19 and housing in Florida. Check frequently for updates to both pages, and send suggestions or custom data requests to [email protected].
Their new COVID-19 Data Application provides county and state level data on the following indicators. Click the table name to get data for all counties and the state. To select one or more individual counties, click here.

Population by age. Older persons are at particular risk from COVID-19 health effects.
Children and Education. With schools and childcare centers closed, families with children may be struggling. Shows number of children, public school students, and homeless students, plus percentages of children without health insurance and Internet access.
Workers in Affected Industries. Counts of workers in the Leisure & Hospitality and Retail industries, which are heavily impacted by COVID-19 job losses. Also shows Health Care & Social Assistance workers. Includes average wages and associated affordable rent.
Housing Burden. Households already paying more than they can afford for housing risk falling further behind. Shows median rent and shares of cost burdened renters and owners.
Federally Financed Multifamily Housing. Tenants of most rental developments with federal subsidies and financing are eligible for eviction protections under the CARES Act . View lists of potentially eligible properties in the Assisted Housing Inventory (rental developments with federal and state subsidies), Homeless Assistance Programs (shelters, transitional housing, and supportive housing), and FHA Insured Mortgages (affordable and market-rate multifamily developments with mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration).
Congregate Facilities. COVID-19 presents particular difficulties for residents and staff of congregate living facilities. View lists of Assisted Living Facilities, Nursing Homes, Other Residential Health Facilities, and Correctional Facilities.
Where Employees Live and Work: Florida’s workforce has been hard hit by job losses in the accommodations, food service, and retail industries, while health care and social assistance workers are central to the response to the pandemic. These maps show neighborhood concentrations of jobs in these industries by workplace locations and employees’ home locations. Click any Census tract to see the total number of jobs by business and by workers’ home locations. Rent data is also provided to flag areas where workers may be struggling with high housing costs.

Accommodations, Food Service and Retail Jobs Map
Health Care and Social Assistance Jobs Map

The FEMA Coronavirus Emergency Management Best Practices page provides a one-stop shop to explore best practices and lessons learned across all levels of government, private sector, academic institutions, professional associations, and other organizations. HHS has a comprehensive Novel Coronavirus Resources page that highlights technical resources and information for the medical community and emergency responders.

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