I broke out the moving averages by county to get a disaggregated picture of the situation. Significant variations across counties could indicate a need for differential policy treatments.
ND County Covid Positivity Moving Averages
ND-COVID Cases, Updated 20 October 2020
The state updates the positivity data daily at around 11, so to the extent my schedule allows I will update in the afternoon. Here are the updated graphs for data released 10-20-2020.
County Covid Cases, ND
I decided to look at positive cases by county over time but with some sense of the amount of testing. This is the result.
ND COVID-19 Moving Averages
With ND daily COVID-19 positivity rates fluctuating so much I created a 14-day centered moving average and overlaid it on the daily values to look at trends and smooth out the volatility.
Sector Share of County Claims in ND – Accommodation & Food Service
We need to start thinking about the path forward based on economic sector rather than the state as a whole. I start this discussion with the Accommodation & Food Service sector.