To better report on the spread of COVID-19, The Times is partnering with news outlets across California in a combined data-gathering effort. Since March, The Times has conducted an independent survey of the latest data compiled by the state’s 61 local health agencies. The survey’s tallies of cases and deaths can arrive days ahead of numbers published by the California Department of Public Health. The system has won praise from public health officials, who do not dispute its method. The Times database is already available on Github, a popular website for hosting data and computer code.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 10, 2020 18:02 UTC