The site asks users how they are feeling with the options of 'Great, thanks!' and 'Not feeling well' as answers.
Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital who helped develop the website, said that with more data it would be easier to identify emerging hotspots.
"It's so important to understand the mild illness," said Brownstein, an ABC News Medical Unit contributor."A mild illness in the community ... that is what ends up leading to more complicated issues." A map on the website shows the number of people in the U.S. who have reported experiencing coronavirus symptoms, which can range from mild, like a slight cough, to more severe, including fever and difficulty breathing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A person on a stretcher is brought into the emergency room at Elmhurst Hospital Center, which has seen a large proportion of the city's coronavirus related deaths, in Queens, New York, March 26, 2020.The website was created by employees at HealthMap, a medical data tool at Boston Children's Hospital, and is similar to one developed to track the flu.
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