Database description
The package covid19us is an R wrapper around the COVID Tracking Project API. It provides updates on the spread of the virus in the US with a few simple functions.
Functions
This package gives access to US COVID-19 data. The function below allows you to download the data.
- get_us_current()
- get_states_current()
- get_states_daily()
Each of these functions are detailed in this course and some examples are provided.
get_us_current()
Get the most recent COVID-19 top-line data for the country:
library(coronavirus)
get_us_current()
get_states_current()
Or the same by state:
get_states_current()
get_states_daily()
Daily state counts can be filtered by state and/or date:
get_states_daily(
state = "NY",
date = "2020-03-17"
)
All functions
get_counties_info
get_states_current
get_states_daily
get_states_info
get_tracker_urls
get_us_current
get_us_daily
Other details
- All of the data sources can be found with get_tracker_urls()
- The filter column gives information about how the COVID Tracking Project’s scraper currently scrapes data from the page (xpaths, CSS selectors, functions used, etc.)
- State breakdowns include DC as well as some US territories including American Samoa (AS), Guam (GU), Northern Mariana Islands (MP), Puerto Rico (PR), and the Virgin Islands (VI)
- Acronyms
- PUI: persons under investigation
- PUM: persons under monitoring (one step before PUI)
- Time zone used is Eastern Standard Time
tl;dr
library(coronavirus)
get_us_current()
get_states_current()
get_states_daily(
state = "NY",
date = "2020-03-17"
)
get_counties_info
get_states_current
get_states_daily
get_states_info
get_tracker_urls
get_us_current
get_us_daily
Code learned this week
| Command | Detail |
|---|---|
| get_us_current() | Get data for of all Corona Virus cases in the U.S. |
| get_states_current() | Get data for of all Corona Virus cases in the U.S. state |
| get_states_daily() | Get data for of all Corona Virus cases in the U.S. state and/or date |
References
This course uses the covid19us package, created by Amanda Dobbyn.