ATLANTA, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In this
challenging time when more than one in four Americans are under
"shelter-in-place" orders1, IBM (NYSE: IBM) is
offering free tools to track reported COVID-19 cases near you and
help you stay informed.
Offered through The Weather Channel app, weather.com, and an
online dashboard, this information is designed to help provide the
latest details currently available from various official sources to
people and businesses so they can access it easily on their
computers or smartphones.
"As the coronavirus causes uncertainty in our daily lives, we
are all looking for data to help us make more informed decisions
and check on our family and friends in different areas. With that
in mind, we feel it's critical to provide the most trusted
information currently available to help people stay informed on the
reach of COVID-19," said Cameron
Clayton, general manager of IBM's The Weather Company. "The
Weather Channel is now providing COVID-19 data – so you can see why
social distancing matters in your community and why it's important
to heed instructions from your local, state and national
resources."
Citizens, researchers and even government officials can use the
data-rich tools to get currently available information from various
official sources about the reach of the coronavirus, down to a
county level in the United
States.
The tools, which run on the IBM public cloud, use IBM Watson to
access and analyze data from the World Health Organization and
multiple national, state and local governments. This data will be
more localized than some other resources currently available –
drilling down to the county level in the
United States, where available.
Visit weather.com/coronavirus or The Weather Channel app on
iOS or Android to see the following:
- An AI-enhanced interactive "Incidents Map" of COVID-19 data and
stats, including confirmed cases and more by U.S. state and by
county, where available.
- A trend graph by state in the U.S. to view recent statistics,
as well as data over time.
- Starting with U.S. locations and with additional global data
anticipated to follow shortly, the tool will provide trend
visualization, interactive mapping, news and information to help
track the pandemic.
- The latest news and videos related to coronavirus from The
Weather Channel editorial team.
- Additional details such as available public health information,
patient education materials, locations of key healthcare clinics
and testing centers and more, are anticipated to be added as
available.
In addition, an interactive dashboard driven by IBM Watson
and built on IBM Cognos Analytics is designed to help users such as
data scientists, researchers, media organizations and more conduct
a deeper analysis and filtering of regional data. Available global
data includes confirmed cases, recoveries where available and more,
and users can drill down to the country, region, state and county
level as needed to get further insights. This aggregated data could
potentially help others collect insights and show how cases are
trending over time.
For more information about IBM efforts around COVID-19, visit
https://www.ibm.com/covid19 and
https://newsroom.ibm.com/covid-19.
For more information about The Weather Company, an IBM Business,
visit https://newsroom.ibm.com/the-weather-company. For more on
IBM, visit IBM.com.
Statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are
subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals
and objectives only.
Media contact:
Melissa Medori, IBM media
relations
mrmedori@us.ibm.com
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/21/coronavirus-lockdown-orders-shelter-place-stay-home-state-list/2891193001/
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