nytimes / covid-19-data

A repository of data on coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
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Massachusetts deaths dropped by almost 4,000 on 3/14 is that what the state reported? #665

Closed MirrorCola closed 2 years ago

MirrorCola commented 2 years ago

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albertsun commented 2 years ago

Hi @MirrorCola yes this is what the state reported as part of a revision to their deaths count. We make note of anomalies like this in a file here which you can reference: https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data/blob/master/rolling-averages/anomalies.csv