covid19.ontario {epigrowthfit}

COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada

Description

Time series of COVID-19 cases and tests in Ontario, Canada, daily from February 8, 2020 to May 1, 2022.

Usage

data(covid19.ontario, package = "epigrowthfit")

Format

A data frame with 814 rows and 3 variables:

date

a Date vector.

cases

an integer vector. cases[i] is the number of cases confirmed by Ontario public health units prior to date[i]. This number includes resolved and fatal cases as well as reinfections.

tests

an integer vector. tests[i] is the number of tests completed prior to date[i]. This number includes repeated tests by individuals except prior to April 15, 2020, when individuals were counted at most once.

Source

This data set is a processed subset of a larger data set downloaded on 2024-01-10 from the It is updated using an installed script:

\link{system.file}("scripts", "covid19.ontario.R", package = "epigrowthfit")

Examples

data(covid19.ontario, package = "epigrowthfit")
plot(1 + diff(c(NA, cases)) ~ date, data = covid19.ontario, log = "y")