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Saudi Arabia releases COVID-19 dashboard using Esri technology

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Geographic information system company Esri has launched coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dashboard commissioned by Saudi Arabia

Created in collaboration with Esri Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Health (MoH), the dashboard is now the official data source for tracking COVID-19 cases across the kingdom. It gave government and health officials the ability to monitor and combat COVID-19, through precise details and statistics based on geography.

Faisal Alshammari, head of the statistics and information management department at the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, said, “It also supports researchers and public users to download the data for further analytics.”

Built on top of Esri’s COVID-19 Response solution, the new dashboard is an online resource that helps decision-makers in health organisations across the country analyse the spread of the pandemic and understand its correlation with a location. It is now the firsthand source of information for health care, research, and media related to the spread of the pandemic.

The COVID-19 Response solution has the following feature benefits:

Map the cases: See confirmed and active cases, deaths, tests, and recoveries to identify where COVID-19 infections exist and have occurred.

Map the spread: After collecting enough data about individual cases over time, hot spot analysis allows users to determine statistically significant related cases.

Map vulnerable populations: This data was enriched by statistical information from the General Authority for Statistics in the country.

Map capacity: The medical facilities in the country were mapped to support its ability to respond to the pandemic. Data on the facility includes location, number of beds and intensive care units to help decision makers effectively allocate resources (for internal stakeholders in MoH).

Sohail Elabd, general manager of Esri Middle East and Africa, said, “The COVID-19 outbreak has escalated rapidly across the globe, leaving the emergency management capacity of many municipalities challenged.

“Esri quickly developed solutions like this, which help organisations better understand the risks to public health, enabling their communities to respond more effectively.”

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