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Release Notes

Release Summary

Date: August 3, 2020

Summary:This release includes major enhancements to case and death history, the introduction of Google’s COVID-19 public forecasts, and a number of user experience improvements.

What’s Next: Near future releases will include unique analytics from the NRP Consortium.

Improvements In This Release

  • New charts for historical daily case and death counts at the national, state, and county level.
  • New state and county hotspot maps showing anticipated per-capita new cases and hospital admissions, two weeks hence.
  • New state and county forecast charts, showing anticipated changes in cases and deaths, two weeks hence.
  • The interactive dashboards have been moved to the primary focal position, with the navigation map still accessible via a menu option.
  • Data previously missing from certain counties is now included.
  • States and counties are captured in the URL, enabling deep linking for sharing and social media.
  • Many minor improvements to design, layout, and usability.

Known Issues

  • None

Release Summary

Date: June 8, 2020

Summary: This release includes a number of minor bug fixes and enhancements. See the release notes for May 28 for detail on features currently available.

Next: Near future releases will include locations of nearby COVID-19 testing facilities, county-by-county COVID-19 diagnosis forecasts, and unique analytics from the NRP Consortium.

Improvements In This Release

  • The full history of community mobility data is now available for all counties for which Google provides the data.
  • To remove confusion between unknown recoveries and zero recoveries, Recovered Cases on the map has been removed where the data is not yet available to the NRP
  • The Impact of Social Distancing distancing visualization on the state and county dashboards now show start and end dates of social distancing policies.
  • Dashboard tables no longer require scrolling to view all records.
  • All table columns are sortable.
  • Launch page issues on mobile devices have been resolved.
  • Many minor improvements to design, layout, and usability.

Known Issues

  • Due to gaps in data available from our source data providers, a small number of counties are missing recent data on COVID-19 diagnoses. These counties include:
    • Alaska: Bristol Bay, Dillingham, Lake and Peninsula, Valdez-Cordova
    • California: Modoc
    • Massachusetts: Dukes, Nantucket
    • Missouri: Dent, Douglas, Grundy, Mercer, Monroe, Schuyler, Shannon
    • Utah: Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Uintah, Washington, Washington, Weber
  • In some circumstances, clicking the browser back button after drilling down into a county or state dashboard resets the portal, rather than returning users to the state or national dashboard.

Release Summary

Date: May 28, 2020

Summary: The initial launch of the National Response Portal includes the ability to find local medical facilities and essential services, visualizations for diagnosis and death trends, and our unique views into social distancing policy, social mobility, and health outcomes.

Next: Near future releases will include locations of nearby COVID-19 testing facilities and county-by-county COVID-19 diagnosis forecasts.

Features Included in This Release

Map Layers

  • Confirmed Cases
  • Medical Facilities
  • Provider Practice Locations
  • Essential Services

National Visualizations

  • Current Diagnoses and Deaths
  • Diagnosis Trends
  • Diagnoses and Death Detail by State
  • Impact of Social Distancing
  • Nationwide Mobility
  • Mobility Detail by State

State Visualizations

  • Current Diagnoses and Deaths
  • Diagnosis Trends
  • Diagnoses and Death Detail by County
  • Impact of Social Distancing
  • Statewide Mobility
  • Mobility Detail by County

County Visualizations

  • Current Diagnoses and Deaths
  • Diagnosis Trends
  • Diagnoses and Death Detail
  • Impact of Social Distancing
  • Social Mobility Breakdown

Known Issues

Map Data Issues

  • No data shown for “Recovered Cases” on the Confirmed Cases popup window.

Map UI / Behavioral Issues

  • On some mobile browsers, the initial launch page renders incorrectly.

Dashboard data Issues

  • None known

Dashboard UI / Behavioral Issues

  • The back button returns you to the portal launch page, rather than the prior dashboard view after a drilldown.
  • Sorting is not yet enabled for all columns on all tables.
  • Some tables require both scrolling and paging to see all records.
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