New York Times Features PolicyMap Index

PolicyMap data in the New York Times
Update (May 20, 2020): This post is part of a series providing publicly available maps, data, and insights to answer COVID-19 questions in your community. For more COVID-19 resources, go to PolicyMap Special Edition: COVID-19.

In an article titled “Where Chronic Health Conditions and Coronavirus Could Collide,” the New York Times worked with PolicyMap to develop an index of health risk to severe COVID-19 illness.  The New York Times interactive assigns a severe coronavirus risk designation for every county in the US.