UC Berkeley shares a new interactive map they’ve created that allows you to zoom in on different regions of California to see the levels of certain particulate matter in the air revealed to increase the likelihood of dying from a COVID-19 infection.
The data would suggest that the San Joaquin Valley, which includes Fresno and Bakersfield, may be at particular risk, but all counties include areas with elevated levels of air pollution.
Their map also allows users to select a number of metrics to overlay each county. Users can choose to see the number of coronavirus cases (both per capita and in real terms) for each county, the number of deaths, the number of hospital beds, and other data that help tell a story unique to each region.
You can find more details about this project here.
Check this page for more maps, infographics, and other resources they’ve developed as part of their response to the crisis.
