COVID Atlas • Re: How do I find and distinguish different types of hotpots in the Atlas?

The Atlas shows four types of hot spots as outlined below.
High-High: Areas with high numbers whose neighbors also have high numbers. Bright red counties have a significantly high number of cases or deaths, or significantly fewer hospital beds per case. Neighbors for these areas also have a high number of cases.

Low-Low: Areas with low numbers whose neighbors also have low numbers. Bright blue counties have significantly fewer cases or deaths, or significantly more hospital beds per case. Neighbors for these areas also have a low number of cases.

High-Low: Areas with high numbers whose neighbors have low numbers. This type of hot spot is also called an outlier, because it differs so much from its neighbors. Pale red counties have more cases, deaths, or fewer hospital beds per case than do their immediate neighbors. The surrounding areas may experience significant spread of the virus in future weeks.

Low-High: Areas with low numbers whose neighbors have high numbers. This type of hot spot is also called an outlier, because it differs so much from its neighbors. Pale blue counties have fewer cases, deaths, or more hospital beds per case than do their immediate neighbors. These areas may experience significant spread of the virus from surrounding areas in future weeks.

Apart from High-High clusters with high disease prevalence, also focus on Outliers, High-Low and Low-High clusters highlighting an emerging risk or priority for containment. To read step-by-step how to load and visualize hotspots, check https://geodacenter.github.io/covid/hotspot.html

Statistics: Posted by menghamo — Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:02 pm

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