• Fixed an issue where archive-dhss-data.py would fail to upload due to the calendar year switch from 2021 to 2022. (The script was attempting to read a key on items that didn't exist.)
• Updated the Anaconda environment to use Python 3.10 and associated dependencies.

• Refreshed footer design with a two-column layout.
• Separated page titles from content.
• Added page titles to <title> tag except on the homepage.
• Revised privacy policy wording.

• Corrected a layout issue with the Time Machine navigation element.

• Refreshed, more compact categorical risk level design on the homepage.
• The wording of the "Considerable" Community Transmission level was changed to "Substantial."
• The chart on the homepage was made less tall to reflect the updated sidebar design.

Migrated DHSS archives to data.jonblatho.com (see #59).

• Redesigned header.
• Replaced the chart selection dropdown menu and events toggle button with Bootstrap-based equivalents.
• New case charts by month are now split by year, with past year(s) collapsed by default.
• Now using CDN-hosted Chart.js and chartjs-plugin-annotation in place of self-hosted equivalents.
• Improved colors for headings in dark mode.

• New: Added a script (download-dhss-data.py) to automatically pull in DHSS data daily, using headless Chrome.
• New: Added an automation to run in the early morning hours to pull in DHSS data automatically.
• Fixed: By default, archive-dhss-data.py will no longer overwrite an existing object in S3. There’s a new --force/-f flag to force an upload anyway, if needed.
• Fixed: add-source-url.py will no longer add a URL if it is already present.
• Removed: Generated data files — assets/chart-data.json and data/* — have been removed from Git. The auto-update automation has been updated to reflect this change.

Switched GitHub Actions workflows to run on ubuntu-latest to avoid issues related to the LetsEncrypt root CA expiration.

Resolved an issue where the Events toggle above the chart area was not functioning as expected.

• New: Data from March 2020 has been added. While the first COVID-19 case in Howell County was confirmed on April 1, 2020, the state has testing data dating back to March 10, 2020. The absence of this data throws off some calculations near the beginning of the dataset, so it has been added while keeping the start of the publicly available dataset at April 1, 2020.
  • Updated processing scripts and unit tests to account for the March 2020 data.
• New: archive-dhss-data.py has gained a -d (or --date) flag to set the date to which the DHSS data corresponds and should be added in the daily data files.
• New: add-source-url.py's --date flag may now also be provided with the abbreviated flag -d.
• Fixed: archive-dhss-data.py will now only delete original files after a confirmed successful upload.

Updated the unit tests workflow to run on any push.

• Fixed an issue that caused the autoupdate workflow to run more updates than it needed to.
• Fixed an issue that would not allow the autoupdate workflow to create an issue upon a failed attempt to archive the HCHD dashboard to the Wayback Machine.

Chart.js and associated scripts are now loaded asynchronously to improve page load times.

The generated site is now placed in the public/ directory instead of docs/, and the .gitignore file has been updated to include the generated site directory.

• Made necessary configuration changes to deploy the site to AWS S3 and CloudFront.
• The docs/ directory has been removed because it is no longer necessary, since its sole purpose was to host the site on GitHub Pages.
• CSS is now loaded asynchronously via JavaScript to improve page load times.

Added unit tests for all processing scripts.

This one’s all about helping to automate the manual daily maintenance tasks to keep the site updated.

• New: Updated the script for adding an archive URL (add-archive-url.py) to the daily data files to use the utilities module, use the ArgumentParser module, and be date-agnostic, only defaulting to the latest date. Renamed the script to add-source-url.py.
  • Fixed: The above script no longer always overwrites the sources key in daily data files; instead, it either creates or appends to a list depending on whether a list already exists there.
  • Fixed: Updated GitHub Actions workflows to use add-source-url.py.
• New: Added a script (add-dhss-data.py) to add all DHSS data in a single command if the four files exist under expected names and are in the same directory.
• New: Added a script (archive-dhss-data.py) to archive and upload DHSS data files (under the same conditions as add-dhss-data.py) to Amazon S3, then optionally delete the original data files if successful.
• New: add-vaccine-data.py now attempts to guess the data type (total doses, or initiated/completed vaccinations) based on the file name provided, if the argument is not explicitly given. The type argument is no longer required and has been renamed to --type.
• New: add-vaccine-data.py and add-test-data.py now have a --quiet flag to only print to stdout for errors. A similar argument was added to utilities.save_json.

• Introduces a script for self-hosted web analytics.
• Introduces a privacy policy, linked in the footer, explaining exactly what user data is collected and by whom.

• All Data:
  • Total cases by town have been added to the table for all towns.
  • New cases by town have been removed; now, only the county total is displayed.
  • Added vaccination data showing the number of doses administered and cumulative number of residents who have initiated or completed vaccination.
  • Added the Community Transmission level.
  • Risk Level and Community Transmission columns use a redesigned categorical indicator for improved legibility.
• Added a slim border to the categorical indicators for Risk Level and Community Transmission on the homepage to improve legibility.
• Completed the migration of the site to a full-width layout.

• Adds support for the CDC Level of Community Transmission calculated with both PCR and antigen tests.
• Adds a note on the FAQ page explaining the inclusion of antigen tests.

• Implements a 3-day time lag on testing and positivity rate numbers to account for reporting delays.

• Active hospitalizations have been added to the Active Cases chart.
• Reduced the size of the chart data JSON file fetched by the browser when loading the charts by about 25%.

• The Active Cases by Town section has been redesigned as a county map with full support for dark mode and screen readers.
• The Active Cases by Town and New Cases sections have been placed alongside each other on larger displays to use the full width of the display.

• Switched the testing data source from HCHD to MO DHSS.
• Added a new script for adding test data from DHSS CSV files.

• A new Risk Level chart has been added to view the color-coded Risk Level over time.
• The Notes page has been reformatted and renamed to Frequently Asked Questions.
• Corrected a missing Dark Mode color.

• The chart and dashboard area on the homepage has been redesigned with a new layout to take advantage of the full width of the viewport.
• A meter displaying the percentage of Howell County residents who are fully vaccinated and have initiated vaccination has been added.
• Total cases and deaths have been placed into the new sidebar to emphasize these counts.
• Because it usually tracks very closely with the active cases dashboard item, the "New Cases in the Past Week" dashboard item has been removed and replaced with the above total case change indicator.
• The risk level area has been redesigned for simplicity and clarity.

• The change indicator for the 14-day positivity rate now says "pts." to indicate percentage points instead of "p.p."

Fixed

• Corrected the behavior of the processing and auto-update scripts to correctly handle new unavailable vaccine data, as it must be input manually the following day.

New

• Vaccination data has been added to the daily data files. Total doses, individuals having initiated vaccination, and fully vaccinated individuals are the variables tracked at this time. (#31)
• Added charts to the homepage for Vaccine Doses (by day and 7-day average) and Vaccinated Individuals (initiated and completed). (#34)

Changed

• The homepage now defaults to the New Cases chart.
• Date markers are now disabled by default on the chart for all devices (previously, they were disabled by default only on mobile).
• The background color for date markers has been made darker.
• The "Date Markers" button has been changed to "Events."
• The font size for buttons above the chart has been made slightly smaller.
• The Time Machine navigation bar no longer appears on the homepage.

New

• Processing and automation scripts have been completely refactored to be more modular for improved reliability.

Fixed

• Corrects a layout issue with the redesigned Time Machine navigation.