Project #10 U.S. DAILY COVID-19 REPORT

Design Process

At the beginning of this project, I originally wanted to create a sousveillance tool to locate security cameras/CCTVs around the city. Then, I spent a lot of time searching for a usable dataset or API but could not find one. As a result, I chose to work with other topics that were more likely to have open data for me to use. In the end, I found a Covid-19 dataset with a free API (https://apidocs.covidactnow.org/). It has almost all the Covid-related data in the United States, and it also updates on a daily basis. I think this dataset can be an excellent material for my sousveillance tool project. If people have better access to the Covid data, they can have a more comprehensive understanding of the current state of the pandemic. Thus, the public can generate more awareness and equip themselves to stop the spread of the virus instead of only listening to authorities' suggestions since it was evident that they were often unreliable and late to respond with a practical direction. I visualized this dataset for my users to easily and quickly acknowledge the current state of the pandemic through a glance. The squares and circles are color-coded and also have tuned proportions to match the numbers that represent. If the users are curious to find out the exact numbers of certain data, they can easily do so by placing their mouse on the corresponding shapes.

Description

In this U.S. DAILY COVID-19 REPORT, I packed eight kinds of data that I think are most relevant and worth noticing for the general public. They are "Daily New Cases," "Daily New Deaths," "Fully Vaccinated Number," "Infection Rate," "Total Cases," "Total Deaths," "Hospital Beds Occupied," and "ICU Beds Occupied." The users can quickly grasp information by the sizes of those colored shapes and their proportions with each designated block. Circles represent the data that refreshes daily, such as "Daily New Cases" and "Daily New Deaths." Rectangles represent data that are cumulative or do not change drastically on a daily basis, such as "Total Cases" and "Total Deaths." Besides, I include the exact numbers for each data as well. This function is prepared for those who are curious or more sensitive to numbers rather than shapes. The users can easily access the exact number of each data by placing their mouse on the corresponding shapes.

Credits

This project uses Covid Act Now API (https://apidocs.covidactnow.org/).