HOUSTON โ Building on seven months of extensive data gathering, analysis and publication, the Texas Medical Center is updating its public dashboards to provide user-friendly information in tracking COVID-19 in greater Houston.
The dashboard highlights the reproduction rate (rate at which COVID-19 is being spread), testing trends, number of overall positive cases, and ICU bed capacity, among other topics.
KPRC 2 uses this information to keep news reports up-to-date for the nine counties the TMC serves.
โThere is no delay in the TMC data so when you look at testing data, positivity rate, people being hospitalized, youโre getting real-time data,โ said Dr. Mark Boom, with Houston Methodist Hospital.
President and CEO of TMC, Bill McKeon, said the real-time data shows proof when social distancing has worked.