About covid dataset

Source: vignettes/covid.Rmd

Overview of covid dataset

library(covid19ViewerShiny)
library(tibble)
covid
#> # A tibble: 68,150 x 8
#>    date_reported country_code country who_region new_cases cumulative_cases
#>    <date>        <chr>        <chr>   <chr>          <dbl>            <dbl>
#>  1 2020-01-03    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  2 2020-01-04    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  3 2020-01-05    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  4 2020-01-06    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  5 2020-01-07    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  6 2020-01-08    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  7 2020-01-09    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  8 2020-01-10    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#>  9 2020-01-11    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#> 10 2020-01-12    AF           Afghan… EMRO               0                0
#> # … with 68,140 more rows, and 2 more variables: new_deaths <dbl>,
#> #   cumulative_deaths <dbl>

covid dataset is downloaded from WHO Coronavirus Disease Dashboard.

This dataset contains covid-19 cases and deaths of 225 countries. The date of the dataset is 2020-10-18, originally.

Variables in the dataset

  • date_reported: Date of reported cases and deaths.

  • country_code: Unique code for countries.

  • country: Full country names.

  • who_region: Region defined by WHO.

  • new_cases, new_deaths: New cases/deaths in last 24 hours.

  • cumulative_cases, cumulative_deaths: Total number of cases and deaths.