delete rows based on a condition in pandas

we can use pandas.query() functionality as well

import pandas as pd 

dict_ = {'coverage':[45,214,212,72,85], 'name': ['jason','Molly','Tina','Jake','Amy']}
df  = pd.DataFrame(dict_)

print(df.query('coverage > 72'))

The best is boolean indexing but need invert condition - get all values equal and higher as 72:

print (df[df["coverage"] >= 72])
            coverage   name  reports  year
Pima             214  Molly       24  2012
Santa Cruz       212   Tina       31  2013
Maricopa          72   Jake        2  2014
Yuma              85    Amy        3  2014

It is same as ge function:

print (df[df["coverage"].ge(72)])
            coverage   name  reports  year
Pima             214  Molly       24  2012
Santa Cruz       212   Tina       31  2013
Maricopa          72   Jake        2  2014
Yuma              85    Amy        3  2014

Another possible solution is invert mask by ~:

print (df["coverage"] < 72)
Cochice        True
Pima          False
Santa Cruz    False
Maricopa      False
Yuma          False
Name: coverage, dtype: bool

print (~(df["coverage"] < 72))
Cochice       False
Pima           True
Santa Cruz     True
Maricopa       True
Yuma           True
Name: coverage, dtype: bool


print (df[~(df["coverage"] < 72)])
            coverage   name  reports  year
Pima             214  Molly       24  2012
Santa Cruz       212   Tina       31  2013
Maricopa          72   Jake        2  2014
Yuma              85    Amy        3  2014