R • COVID-19 Data Hub

GitHub: https://github.com/covid19datahub/R

CRAN: https://cloud.r-project.org/package=COVID19

Quickstart

# install the package
install.packages("COVID19")

# load the package
library("COVID19")

Download the data

See the full documentation by typing ?covid19

# Worldwide data by country
x <- covid19()

# Worldwide data by state
x <- covid19(level = 2)

# Specific country data by city
x <- covid19(c("Italy","US"), level = 3)

Merge with World Bank Open Data

The dataset can be extended with World Bank Open Data via the argument wb, a character vector of indicator codes. The codes can be found by inspecting the corresponding URL. For example, the code of the GDP indicator available at https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD is NY.GDP.MKTP.CD.

# Merge with World Bank data
wb <- c("gdp" = "NY.GDP.MKTP.CD", "hosp_beds" = "SH.MED.BEDS.ZS")
x  <- covid19(wb = wb)

Merge with Google Mobility Reports

The dataset can be extended with Google Mobility Reports via the argument gmr, the url to the Google CSV file. At the time of writing, the CSV is available at:

gmr <- "https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/Global_Mobility_Report.csv"
x   <- covid19(gmr = gmr)

Merge with Apple Mobility Reports

The dataset can be extended with Apple Mobility Reports via the argument amr, the url to the Apple CSV file. At the time of writing, the CSV is available at:

amr <- "https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/covid19-mobility-data/"
amr <- paste0(amr, "2008HotfixDev28/v2/en-us/applemobilitytrends-2020-05-15.csv")
x   <- covid19(amr = amr)

List the data sources

Data sources are stored in the src attribute.

# Data sources
s <- attr(x, "src")

Terms of Use

We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating COVID-19 Data Hub, please:

cite Guidotti and Ardia (2020) in working papers and published papers that use it.
place the URL https://covid19datahub.io in a footnote to help others find COVID-19 Data Hub.
you assume full risk for the use of COVID-19 Data Hub. We try our best to guarantee the data quality and consistency and the continuous filling of the Data Hub. However, it is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Reliance on COVID-19 Data Hub for medical guidance or use of COVID-19 Data Hub in commerce is strictly prohibited.

License: GPL-3.

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