get_covid_state: Retrieve Covid19 Data

In nctriadresearch/nccovid: Pull North Carolina Covid-19 Outbreak Information

Retrieve Covid19 Data

Description

This functions hits the Johns Hopkins Covid Data Repository and filters down to North Carolina Data. Alternatively, it can retrieve any state.

Usage

get_covid_state(
  state = "North Carolina",
  select_county = NULL,
  data_source = c("cone", "hopkins"),
  reporting_adj = FALSE
)

Arguments

state	with a default of North Carolina
select_county	the county, if desired
data_source	which data source you would like to use one of "cone" or "hopkins"
reporting_adj	a boolean, default of FALSE which adjust for two known issues with North Carolina Report occurring on 2020-09-25 when all antigen tests were added and on 2020-11-13 where only 10 hours of data were reported and the remaining cases were rolled into 2020-11-14. Also corrects for reporting lapses on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve/ Christmas Day. On 2021-02-28 the dashboard was taken down for maintenance and thus unavailable on that day. Additionally note that on 2021-03-13 NCDHHS elected to not report data on Sundays. On 2021-03-19 NCDHHS notified users that on 2021-03-26 data would be updated Monday - Friday. Updated for Good Friday in which no results were posted.

Examples

## Not run: 
# To get all counties
get_covid_state()

# To get a single county
get_covid_state(select_county = "Guilford")

## End(Not run)

nctriadresearch/nccovid documentation built on April 9, 2023, 7:03 a.m.