Suhail Bhat, Author at Ohio Valley ReSource

Suhail Bhat

Data Reporter, Louisville Public Media

Suhail Bhat is a data journalist and 2020 graduate of the Data Journalism program at Columbia Journalism School. Before attending Columbia, he was a correspondent at Reuters, where he covered Asian corporate news and Wall Street for four years.

Email Suhail Bhat @suhbhat

Dec 23

Coronavirus

Overdose Deaths Hit New Highs As Pandemic Worsens Opioid Crisis

New federal data shows the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the country’s deadliest 12-month period for drug overdose fatalities, including a sharp increase in overdose deaths in the Ohio Valley. According to the latest data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 81,000 people died due to drug overdoses in the 12 […]

By Suhail Bhat

Dec 23

Coronavirus

Overdose Deaths Hit New Highs As Pandemic Worsens Opioid Crisis

Suhail Bhat

Dec 15

Coronavirus

Ohio Valley Hospitals Filling Up Thanks To COVID-19 Surge

Ohio Valley Hospitals Filling Up Thanks To COVID-19 Surge By Suhail Bhat | December 15, 2020 As the third wave of COVID-19 continues to infect people, new data shows that many hospitals in the Ohio Valley are under strain, running short of bed space, especially for the most critically ill. The following graphs show how […]

By Suhail Bhat

Dec 15

Coronavirus

Ohio Valley Hospitals Filling Up Thanks To COVID-19 Surge

Suhail Bhat

Nov 19

Democracy & Civic Life

Ohio Valley Divide: Vote Analysis Shows Bluer Cities, Deeper Red Rural Places

President-elect Joe Biden received a bigger turnout in the Ohio Valley in 2020 than Hillary Clinton did in 2016. So did his opponent Donald Trump. In an election that saw historic levels of voting nationwide, Democrat Biden added 3.2% to Clinton’s 2016 vote share in the Ohio Valley while Republican Trump improved 2.4% on his […]

By Suhail Bhat

Nov 19

Democracy & Civic Life

Ohio Valley Divide: Vote Analysis Shows Bluer Cities, Deeper Red Rural Places

Suhail Bhat

Nov 9

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In West Virginia

These graphs show key measures of COVID-19: daily positive tests, the number of daily tests, the rate of positive tests, deaths, and hospitalizations. We use data provided by the COVID Tracking Project, the West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click to see our county-level trackers […]

By Suhail Bhat

Nov 9

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In West Virginia

Suhail Bhat

Nov 9

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In Ohio

These graphs show key measures of COVID-19: daily positive tests, the number of daily tests, the rate of positive tests, deaths, and hospitalizations. We use data provided by the COVID Tracking Project, the Ohio Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click to see our county-level trackers for Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. Daily cases and […]

By Suhail Bhat

Nov 9

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In Ohio

Suhail Bhat

Nov 6

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In Kentucky

These graphs show key measures of COVID-19: daily positive tests, the number of daily tests, the rate of positive tests, deaths, and hospitalizations. We use data provided by the COVID Tracking Project, the Kentucky Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click to see our county-level trackers for Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. […]

By Suhail Bhat

Nov 6

Coronavirus

Tracking COVID-19 In Kentucky

Suhail Bhat

Nov 4

Democracy & Civic Life

2020 Voter Turnout Increased As Ohio Valley States Expanded Voting Options

Much of the Ohio Valley saw historic levels of voter turnout in the 2020 election, as election officials expanded voting options to reduce the risk from coronavirus. Compared to the 2016 election, voter turnout for the 2020 general election increased slightly in Kentucky and Ohio, while West Virginia — which had some of the nation’s […]

By Alana Watson and Suhail Bhat

Nov 4

Democracy & Civic Life

2020 Voter Turnout Increased As Ohio Valley States Expanded Voting Options

Alana Watson and Suhail Bhat

Oct 30

Democracy & Civic Life

The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?

This fall, Lexington, Kentucky, activist and artist Devine Carama launched a different kind of road trip across his home state. He visited a dozen cities and towns, from Pikeville, in the state’s Appalachian east, to Paducah, near where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi. He carried a sign that said “I’ll walk 400 miles if […]

By Suhail Bhat , Sydney Boles , , Alana Watson and Jeff Young

Oct 30

Democracy & Civic Life

The Missing Voters: The Ohio Valley Has Some Of The Nation’s Lowest Voter Turnout. What Could Change That?

Suhail Bhat, Sydney Boles, , Alana Watson and Jeff Young

Oct 14

Health

Why Kentucky Is Changing Some COVID-19 Data: The Positivity Rate Explained

Kentucky’s Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack on Tuesday announced some changes in how the state will gauge the spread of COVID-19 after the state came off a week that saw a surge in cases largely driven by infections in rural counties. While the commissioner’s plan does take cues from the models used by many states […]

By Suhail Bhat

Oct 14

Health

Why Kentucky Is Changing Some COVID-19 Data: The Positivity Rate Explained

Suhail Bhat