Resource Pack: COVID-19 Data Visualizations

This digital collection includes data visualizations relevant to COVID-19, tracking trends in cases and deaths, over time and by location, as well as projected changes with population-level interventions, such as social distancing. Some of the sites leverage global data and display world-wide trends, while others focus on the United States and subnational patterns.

The sites included in this collection were selected based on the quality of the data sources used in their visualizations, as well as the design and effectiveness of the visualization itself. We specifically selected some data-intensive visualizations that capture detailed temporal patterns of infection across the world, simpler visualizations that expose viewers to specific concepts such as transmission properties of COVID-19, and stand-alone visualizations that depict interesting nuances of the epidemic relevant to other sectors, such as finance, employment, population movement and travel. All are accessible for free and updated regularly.

Explore these visualizations to identify the format most useful for your needs. Educators may find these data visualization portals and examples useful for online course development - adding information-rich visual components to multimedia, building short lessons around specific data interactives, and integrating data visualization into student assignments.

This collection of data visualization portals is part of a COVID-19 Teaching Toolkit under development by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University. New data visualization portals will be added as they become available.

The Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University supports interdisciplinary education about world health through the production, curation, and dissemination of educational public goods.