COVID-19.Western University education professor Prachi Srivastava says the map allows for real-time data in a visualized form and connects it to school-level social background characteristics and demographic data to help increase transparency and understanding among the school community and broader public.
Coronavirus — High COVID-19 cases among poor, racialized neighbourhoods in Hamilton, study says “The effects of COVID-19 are more severe on high-risk communities, populations, and schools and there are strong equity concerns,” Srivastava said in launching the COVID-19 School Dashboard.“Visualizing COVID-19 case data with data on school social background characteristics will give us a better understanding of the composition of affected.