case count

Number of occurrences

Case count is the total number of recorded instances of something being tracked, most often disease infections during an outbreak or epidemic: The daily case count continued to rise.

The term became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing in news reports and public health updates.

Case counts may also track legal cases, customer service tickets, or other items requiring individual attention.

tallyRecorded count
totalComplete sum
numberSymbol representing quantity
statisticsCollected numerical information
infectionsMicrobial invasions causing disease

rolling average · outbreak · surge · spike · tracker · data · epidemic · pandemic · reported · confirmed · daily · cumulative · rising · community spread · deaths · hospitalizations · dashboard · update

Opposites

absolute vs. relative measurement

case countinfection rate

Speed of disease spread

percentage · proportion · attack rate · case fatality rate · mortality rate

aggregate vs. individual

case countcase study

Researched particular instance

incidence vs. absence

case countzero cases

eradication · elimination

Family

case, count, cases, cased, casing, counts, counted, counting, counter

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