Documenting COVID-19

Record Set(s)

Hart Island, New York, request for proposals (RFP) for burial management contract

Date Updated: November 12, 2021

Date Added: November 12, 2021

Bronx County, NY

Principal Subject: New York City Department of Social Services and Human Resources Administration

The New York City Department of Social Services and Human Resources Administration awarded a three-year, $33 million contract to manage Hart Island to a Brooklyn landscaping company, JPL Industries. It includes a 215-page request for proposals (RFP) and responses from prospective bidders.

Date Range: January 1 to August 3, 2021

Format Details: zipped file (10.3 MB) of several .pdf and .xlsx files

California Bay Area COVID-19 and overdose death records

Date Updated: May 24, 2021

Date Added: May 24, 2021

Alameda, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, CA

Principal Subject: Alameda, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties

This data includes 2018, 2019, 2020 and some partial 2021 death records from Alameda, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties. Some of the data is in .csv form and others are in .pdf form. For a full methodology on how this data was compiled, click here: https://www.kqed.org/news/11874753/how-we-analyzed-death-records-to-find-increasing-overdoses

Date Range: January 1, 2018, to April 29, 2021

Format Details: zipped file of .csv and .pdf record-level deaths records, with names redacted

Monterey County Health Department COVID-19 vaccine response emails

Date Updated: May 5, 2021

Date Added: May 5, 2021

Monterey County, CA

Principal Subject: Dr. Edward Moreno, health officer of the Monterey County Health Department

This material includes the Monterey County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 vaccines, including its work to vaccinate the county's 64,000 farmworkers.

Date Range: January 1 to March 21, 2021

Format Details: zipped compilation of .pdf, .msg and .docx files (37.5 MB)

Santa Clara Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office 2020 COVID-19 deaths

Date Updated: April 7, 2021

Date Added: April 7, 2021

Santa Clara County, CA

Principal Subject: Santa Clara County Medical Examiner Mich​elle Jorden

This material includes the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office response to a California Public Records Act request for case records, including COVID-19 deaths, dating January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.

Date Range: January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020

Format Details: zipped file of a .csv spreadsheet

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office COVID-19 deaths

Date Updated: April 2, 2021

Date Added: March 30, 2021

Alameda County, CA

Principal Subject: Alameda County Sheriff/Coroner Gregory J. Ahern

This material includes the Alameda County Sheriff's Office response to a Public Records Act request for case records dating January 1, 2020, to September 29, 2020. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.

Date Range: January 1, 2020, to September 29, 2020

Cook County Medical Examiner's Office COVID-19 deaths

Date Updated: March 30, 2021

Date Added: March 30, 2021

Cook County, IL

Principal Subject: Cook County Medical Examiner Ponni Arunkumar

This material includes the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office response to an Illinois Freedom of Information Act request for case records dating January 4, 2019, to February 18, 2021. Information sought in the request includes details such as: date of death, race, ethnicity, age, gender, location; cause(s) of death.

Date Range: January 4, 2019, to February 18, 2021

Format Details: Zipped file, xlsx spreadsheet, 4.5 MB

City of New Orleans Health Department COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: January 30, 2021

Date Added: July 13, 2020

City of New Orleans, LA

Highlighted Documents: New Orleans mobile testing program one-pager Protocol 36 emergency response spreadsheet New Orleans modeling projection, April 5 New Orleans internal health statistics, April 20 Roche testing letter LCMC Health

Principal Subject: Dr. Jennifer Avegno, director, City of New Orleans Health Department

These documents include emails and underlying attachments for the City of New Orleans Health Department, including internal modeling predictions; draft working papers, city policies for COVID-19 response; grant funding requests to outside organizations; and spreadsheets detailing hospital capacity, fatality and other COVID-19 metrics.

Date Range: January 21, 2020, to January 7, 2021

Format Details: .zip of .pdf file with embedded .xlsx, .doc and .ppt attachments (18,345 pages, 1.85 GB, duplicative material)

University of Central Florida COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: November 11, 2020

Date Added: August 28, 2020

Orange County, FL

Principal Subject: Maribeth Ehasz, vice president of Student Development and Enrollment Services

This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Maribeth Ehasz, vice president of Student Development and Enrollment Services, regarding Covid-19 response, including fall reopening plans for the University of Central Florida.

Date Range: June 17, 2020, to July 29, 2020

Format Details: PDF, 1,600 pages

Chicago Department of Public Health COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: November 9, 2020

Date Added: October 31, 2020

Cook County, IL

Principal Subject: Dr. Allison Arwady

This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Dr. Allison Arwady, regarding Covid-19 response in the city's Auburn Gresham neighborhood from May 15 to June 10, 2020.

Date Range: May 15 to June 10, 2020

Format Details: PDF, 220 pages

Fulton County government COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: September 15, 2020

Date Added: July 30, 2020

Fulton County, GA

Principal Subject: County Manager Richard "Dick" Anderson

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to County Manager Richard "Dick" Anderson regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: April 20 to May 7, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (701 pages, 10.2 MB)

Robeson County Health Department COVID-19 and Smithfield emails and response

Date Updated: September 2, 2020

Date Added: July 20, 2020

Robeson County, NC

Principal Subject: Robeson County Health Department Director Wiliam J. Smith

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Director Wiliam J. Smith regarding local response to COVID-19 and the Smithfield facility.

Date Range: April 1 to June 12, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (10 pages, 5.1 MB)

Georgia governor's office COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: August 18, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

GA

Highlighted Documents: 30 Day Burn Projections, April 30 Day Projections, April PPE Projections, April PPE Update, April

Principal Subject: Tim Fleming and Chuck Harper, chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Tim Fleming and Chuck Harper, chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, respectively, to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: January 1 to June 16, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (4,874 pages, 165.7 MB, duplicative material)

Duplin County Health Department COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 21, 2020

Date Added: July 21, 2020

Duplin County, NC

Highlighted Documents: List of North Carolina meat processing plants with outbreaks as of May 1

Principal Subject: Duplin County Health Director Tracey Simmons-Kornegay

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Health Director Tracey Simmons-Kornegay regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: March 31 to May 18, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (230 pages)

Bear River Health Department COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 16, 2020

Date Added: July 16, 2020

Cache, Rich and Box Elder counties, UT

Principal Subject: Health Director Lloyd Berentzen

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Health Director Lloyd Berentzen regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: June 1 to June 16, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (65 pages, 26.4 MB)

Navajo County government COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 14, 2020

Date Added: July 14, 2020

Navajo County, AZ

Principal Subject: County Manager Glenn Kephart

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to County Manager Glenn Kephart regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: January 1 to March 31, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (1,967 pages, 130.4 MB)

Coconino County Health COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 14, 2020

Date Added: July 14, 2020

Coconino County, AZ

Principal Subject: Michael Oxtoby, deputy director and Chief Health Officer, Coconino County Health and Human Services

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Michael Oxtoby, deputy director and Chief Health Officer of Coconino County Health and Human Services, regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: May 1 to July 7, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (21,964 pages, 148.3 MB, duplicative material)

Yuma County Health COVID-19 daily metrics

Date Updated: July 14, 2020

Date Added: July 14, 2020

Yuma County, AZ

Principal Subject: Yuma County Public Health Services District

Daily COVID-19 positive cases, cumulative positive cases, cumulative tests, daily deaths, cumulative deaths, positive test rate and daily hospitalization for Yuma County.

Date Range: March 20 to July 2, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (spreadsheet image, 12 pages, 2.6 MB)

Dougherty County emails and COVID-19 response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Dougherty County, GA

Principal Subject: Michael McCoy, Dougherty County administrator

These documents include emails sent to, from or copied to Michael McCoy, Dougherty County administrator, which include county policies and memoranda for COVID-19 response; grant funding requests to outside organizations; and spreadsheets detailing hospital capacity, fatality and other COVID-19 metrics.

Date Range: March 1 to May 9, 2020

Format Details: .pdf with copied attachments (6,843 pages, 456.3 MB)

Gwinnett County emails and COVID-19 response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Gwinnett County, GA

Highlighted Documents: RedSpeed USA slide deck

Principal Subject: Gwinnett County Administrator Glenn Stephens

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Gwinnett County Administrator Glenn Stephens regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: April 20 to May 1, 2020

Format Details: .pdf without attachments (1,649 pages, 435 MB, duplicative material)

Williamson County and Cities Health COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Williamson County, TX

Principal Subject: Derrick Neal and Lori Palazzo, executive director and medical director, Williamson County and Cities Health District

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Derrick Neal and/or Lori Palazzo, executive director and medical director, respectively, of the Williamson County and Cities Health District regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: June 1 to June 15, 2020

Format Details: .pdf portfolio with embedded attachments, including .xlsx (1,152 pages, 51.9 MB, duplicative material)

City of Albany, Georgia, COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Albany, GA

Principal Subject: City Manager Sharon D. Subadan

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to City Manager Sharon D. Subadan regarding local response to COVID-19.

Format Details: .pdf without attachments (2,236 pages, 67.1 MB)

City of Gallup COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 13, 2020

Gallup, NM

Principal Subject: Former Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney and current Gallup Mayor Louis Bonaguidi

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to former Gallup Mayor Jackie McKinney and/or current Gallup Mayor Louis Bonaguidi regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: April 1 to May 27, 2020

Format Details: .zip of .pst files (219.1 MB)

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