Table Demo
| Question | Target Outcome | Best Source: Mercer County | Best Source: Trenton | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is the recent trend of new COVID-19 cases? | Declining or stable 7-day rolling average | ✅ | Outbreak.info: 7-day average trends for Mercer County, benchmarked side-by-side against New Jersey [1] | ☑ | Mercer County COVID Dashboard: daily counts of new infections, but no 7-day average or graphical display |
| How rapidly is the virus spreading? | Rate of Transmission (Rt) < 1.0 | ✅ | COVID Act Now: Can also be benchmarked against New Jersey results | ❌ | Not available |
| 7-day average of new cases per 100K people < 10 (ideally, < 1) | ✅ | COVID Act Now: Can also be benchmarked against New Jersey results | ❌ | Not available | |
| Is testing adequate? | % of tests positive over last 7 days < 3% | ☑ | NJ COVID-19 Dashboard: Daily Percent Positivity Reported by All Laboratories; only Central Jersey 6-county region data available | ❌ | Not available |
| What is the recent trend of hospitalizations? | Declining or stable trend | ☑ | NJ COVID-19 Dashboard, Hospital Census tabtab; only Central Jersey six county region data available | ❌ | Not available |
| Do we have enough ICU capacity in the event of a surge? | % ICU utilization | ✅ | COVID Act Now: Can also be benchmarked against New Jersey results [2] | ❌ | Not available |
Key: ✅ = Fully available, ☑ = Partially available, ❌ = Not available at this time |
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| [1] Data listed for Trenton on the outbreak.info is actually for the Trenton-Princeton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is actually Mercer County | |||||
| [2] Note from Covid Act Now site: “County data is currently in beta. Because counties don’t report hospitalizations, our forecasts may not be as accurate.” | |||||