| downloadCovid19 {covid19br} | R Documentation |
Function to download COVID-19 data from web repositories
Description
This function downloads the pandemic COVID-19 data at Brazil and World levels. Brazilan data is available at national, region, state, and city levels, whereas the world data are available at the country level.
Usage
downloadCovid19(level = c("brazil", "regions", "states", "cities", "world"))
Arguments
level |
the desired level of data aggregation: "brazil" (default), "regions", "states", "cities", and "world". |
Details
Data dictionary (variables commum to brazilian and world data):
date: date of data registry
epi_week: epidemiological week
pop: estimated population
accumCases: accumulative number of confirmed cases
newCases: daily count of new confirmed cases
accumDeaths: accumulative number of deaths
newDeaths: daily count of new deaths
newRecovered: daily count of new recovered patients
Data dictionary (variables in the brazilian data):
region: regions' names
state: states' names.
city: cities' names.
state_code: numerical code attributed to states
city_code: numerical code attributed to cities
healthRegion_code: health region code
healthRegion: heald region name
newFollowup: daily count of new patients under follow up
metro_area: indicator variable for city localized in a metropolitan area
capital: indicator variable for capital of brazilian states
Data dictionary (variables in the world data):
country: countries' names
accumRecovered: accumulative number of recovered patients
Value
a tibble containing the downloaded data at the specified level.
Examples
library(covid19br)
# Downloading Brazilian COVID-19 data:
brazil <- downloadCovid19(level = "brazil")
regions <- downloadCovid19(level = "regions")
states <- downloadCovid19(level = "states")
cities <- downloadCovid19(level = "cities")
# Downloading world COVID-19 data:
world <- downloadCovid19(level = "world")