July 22, 2020

Detecting Emerging COVID-19 Community Outbreaks at High Spatiotemporal Resolution – New York City June 2020

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Geographic Spread

• [Pre-print, not peer reviewed] The New York City Department of Health launched a SARS-CoV-2 cluster detection system using census tract resolution and the geospatial analysis software SaTScan. During June 11-30, 28 unique primary clusters were detected, highlighting the potential of spatiotemporal surveillance to support public health efforts. 

Greene et al. (July 21, 2020). Detecting Emerging COVID-19 Community Outbreaks at High Spatiotemporal Resolution – New York City June 2020. Pre-print downloaded July 22 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.18.20156901