case numbers

Infection count data

Case numbers are statistics tracking instances of something, especially disease occurrences during an outbreak or epidemic: Case numbers continued to rise throughout the winter.

The term became ubiquitous during COVID-19, appearing in daily reports and public health guidance.

Case numbers also refers to identifying codes assigned to legal proceedings, insurance claims, or administrative files: The clerk asked for my case number.

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pandemic · infections · COVID · outbreak · tally · count · per capita · surge · spike · second wave · reported · daily · daily briefing · confirmed · hospitalizations · epicenter · curve · flattening the curve

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epidemiological metrics

case numbersmortality rates

Deaths per population measured

death toll · survival rates · hospitalization rates · recovery rates · vaccination rates

disease trajectory

case numbersrecoveries

Returns to normal state

deaths · resolutions · outcomes

data abstraction

case numbersanecdotal evidence

Support from individual accounts

qualitative data · personal accounts

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case, cases, cased, casing, encase, encased, encasement, number, numbers

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