covid: COVID-19 DATA

In ddauber/r4np: R for Non-Programmers Companion

COVID-19 DATA

Description

A dataset which contains COVID cases and deaths, vaccination information and public health social measures (PHSM) for each country covered by the WHO.

Usage

covid

Format

A data frame with 142674 rows and 17 variables:

date_reported

Date when cases, deaths, PHSM, etc. were reported

iso3

ISO three-digit country identifier

country

Name of country

new_cases

# of new COVID cases

cumulative_cases

Total number of COVID cases

cumulative_deaths

Total number of deaths due to COVID

fully_vaccinated

Total number of fully vaccinated people

masks

Index of mask measures implemented (0-100)

travel

Index of travel measures implemented (0-100)

gatherings

Index of gathering measures implemented (0-100)

schools

Index of school measures implemented (0-100)

businesses

Index of business measures implemented (0-100)

movements

Index of movement measures implemented (0-100)

global_index

Global index of overall measures implemented (0-100)

measures_in_place

Lists all measures in place according to WHO taxanomy

region

Region a country is located in (WHO classification)

population

Population of a country as of 2016

Source

World Health Organisation (WHO). Dataset retrieved on 2nd February 2023 from: https://covid19.who.int/info/. WHO data is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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