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New data: artefact?

I get the data for my maps from JHU - but note that the cumulative numbers went down quite a bit yesterday all across Massachusetts. Anyone know what's going on? Did they switch definitions, or is it a glitch? (this is why the 14-day rolling map is all grey: the numbers are actually negative). @GorillaWarfare: do you happen to know what's going on based on your data processing? effeietsanders 22:03, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Effeietsanders: MA recently moved towards only using confirmed cases rather than confirmed + probable. While we're still able to determine the probable cases because of one chart that shows the total, most numbers now reflect only confirmed cases. Could that be it? GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:37, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that totally explains - thanks. Not sure how to incorporate that knowledge at this point for the rolling 14-day new cases prevalence, given that I'm using JHU as the source (and I don't want to complicate it with many sources if I could avoid it...). effeietsanders 21:42, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest switching to using the mass.gov data, except they've stopped releasing per-county information on a daily basis (and stopped releasing total # of deaths per county entirely)... GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:58, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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To reduce the amount of content that contributes to the issue, I suggest switching the daily source data for the four charts found in the "Statistics" section to something more practical like weekly or monthly. They haven't been updated since January 11-12, 2022, so if the time-sensitive data isn't going to be updated, then I suggest deleting it. If this doesn't resolve the warning, then I also suggest doing the same to the daily Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/United States/Massachusetts medical cases chart. Jroberson108 (talk) 13:41, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]