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***Time type:** day (see [date format docs](../covidcast_times.md))
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***License:** To download or use the data, you must agree to the Google [Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms)
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<divstyle="background-color:#ff00001c; padding: 10px30px;"><strong>Data issue:</strong> Between May 13 2024 and August 6 2024, signals values were 25%-50% lower compared to previous time periods. This affects <i>all</i> signals and symptom sets. Currently there is no explanation for the decrease in search volume, and the issue is under investigation by our data source partners.</div>
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## Overview
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This data source is based on the [COVID-19 Search Trends symptoms
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dataset](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/bigquery-public-datasets/covid19-search-trends?hl=en-GB). Using
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this search data, we estimate the volume of searches mapped to symptom sets related
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to COVID-19. The resulting daily dataset for each region shows the average relative frequency of searches for each symptom set. The signals are measured in arbitrary units that are normalized for overall search users in the region and scaled by the maximum value of the normalized popularity within a geographic region across a specific time range. **Values are comparable across signals in the same location but NOT across geographic regions**. For example, within a state, we can compare `s01_smoothed_search` and `s02_smoothed_search`. However, we cannot compare `s01_smoothed_search` between states. Larger numbers represent increased relative popularity of symptom-related searches.
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Between May 13 2024 and August 6 2024, [signal values were much lower](#limitations) compared to previous time periods due to a data outage.
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