Category: COVID Tracker

The multiple linear regression model has been trained on local jurisdiction case data and used to predict the levels of DC COVID case numbers per 100,000 as a target variable. To predict yesterday’s COVID level in DC, the model needs to have the local areas’ data. Fortunately, the NYTimes usually updates these numbers early in… Continue reading COVID Tracker Prediction 9/6/2022

The multiple linear regression estimator grabs COVID case loads from several surrounding jurisdictions from the New York Times GitHub page for their COVID tracker. Population estimates were gathered manually from the Census Bureau: Fairfax, Virginia: 1,150,309 Montgomery, Maryland: 1,051,000 Prince George’s, Maryland: 909,327 Falls Church city, Virginia: 14,658 Arlington, Virginia: 232,965 Prince William, Virginia: 470,335… Continue reading Linear Regression