Table 1.
Data elements and metrics in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene internal surveillance dashboard for COVID-19
| Category | Element | Time | Stratifications | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing | Percent positivity: PCR, antigen, combined | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex | ELR |
| Test rate: PCR, antigen, combined | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex | ELR | |
| Cases | Case count, crude and age-adjusted rate | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex, race/ethnicity | ELR |
| Outcomes | Hospitalization count, crude and age-adjusted rate | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex, race/ethnicity | Hospitalization match: RHIO, hospital systems, syndromic surveillance; vital registry |
| Death count, crude and age-adjusted rate | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex, race/ethnicity | Vital registry | |
| Hospitalization and death counts by facility | Month | Hospital | Hospitalization match, vital registry | |
| Syndromic | ED visits and admits: count | Day | Syndromic surveillance | |
| ED visits and admits: count CLI | Day | Syndromic surveillance | ||
| CLI visits and admits: proportion COVID+ | Day | Syndromic surveillance | ||
| CLI visit and admit rate | Day | Borough, age group | Syndromic surveillance | |
| Nowcasting | Nowcasted cases, hospitalizations, deaths | Day | Nowcasting17 | |
| Turnaround time | Testing volume | Week | Facility type, laboratory | ELR |
| Median turnaround time, interquartile range | Week | Test type, facility type, laboratory | ELR | |
| Serology | Testing rate | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex | ELR |
| Percent positivity | Week | modZCTA, borough, age group, sex | ELR | |
| Variants | Number and % of cases sequenced | Week | modZCTA | ELR, laboratories |
| Count and proportion by VOI/VOC | Week | modZCTA | ELR, laboratories |
CLI: COVID-19-like illness; ED: emergency department; ELR: electronic laboratory reporting; modZCTA: modified ZIP code tabulation area; RHIO: regional health information organization; VOI/VOC: variant of interest/variant of concern.