THE RISE OF DATA DASHBOARDS

Dashboards: An online interface that shows stats, graphics and visuals that are usually easy to understand and interpret for a broad audience.

State, local and federal agencies have deployed dashboards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. New to some and not to others, dashboards present important data to guide decisions. Dashboards can be both internal and external. Here are some examples.

Images of these dashboards do not represent the most recent data. Go to the websites for updated information.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD DASHBOARD?

Simplicity. “For a lot of the dashboards my team creates, we want to know just how something’s changing. We want that quick snapshot of data that when you look at that dashboard, you can tell what’s going on. So all dashboards, for

them to be really valuable, they need to be

consumable and very, very simple.”

— John Correllus, Chief Data Officer, North Carolina

Clockwise from top left: COVID-19 North Carolina Dashboard, CDC's COVID-19 Module Data Dashboard, California's COVID-19: Homeless Impact Dashboard

Above: Missouri COVID-19 Dashboard

Right: Oregon Health Authority COVID-19 Dashboard

FACT OR FICTION?

The seasonal flu kills as many people in a year as COVID-19 has.

Fiction: The flu was associated with 34,200 U.S. deaths in 2018- 2019, according to CDC estimates. The coronavirus has killed well over 180,000 people in the U.S. as of August 2020. The seasonal flu fluctuates in seriousness.

CHECK OUT THE CORONAVIRUS TECH HANDBOOK

It’s crowdsourced information about the technical elements of a COVID-19 response, and includes plenty of information on data governance and standards.

Above: California's COVID-19 Bed Surge Dashboard