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Covid-19 : the menace to the global community in an era when homosapiense is boasting its technological superiority. I also joined the league of those researchers who are on a mission to find some insight that might help the global community to face the menace the better way scientifically.

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Covid-19 Data Collection

Live and historical data available in public domain on Covid-19 of the United Kingdom and Egypt are explored.

Data description

Dataset is collected from Joachim Gassen’s Github-repository

The data is updated on a daily basis.

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var_name var_def
iso3c ISO3c country code as defined by ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
country Country name
date Calendar date
confirmed Confirmed Covid-19 cases as reported by JHU CSSE (accumulated)
deaths Covid-19-related deaths as reported by JHU CSSE (accumulated)
recovered Covid-19 recoveries as reported by JHU CSSE (accumulated)
ecdc_cases Covid-19 cases as reported by ECDC (accumulated, weekly post 2020-12-14)
ecdc_deaths Covid-19-related deaths as reported by ECDC (accumulated, weekly post 2020-12-14)
total_tests Accumulated test counts as reported by Our World in Data
tests_units Definition of what constitutes a ‘test’
positive_rate The share of COVID-19 tests that are positive, given as a rolling 7-day average
hosp_patients Number of COVID-19 patients in hospital on a given day
icu_patients Number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) on a given day
total_vaccinations Total number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered
soc_dist Number of social distancing measures reported up to date by ACAPS, net of lifted restrictions
mov_rest Number of movement restrictions reported up to date by ACAPS, net of lifted restrictions
pub_health Number of public health measures reported up to date by ACAPS, net of lifted restrictions
gov_soc_econ Number of social and economic measures reported up to date by ACAPS, net of lifted restrictions
lockdown Number of lockdown measures reported up to date by ACAPS, net of lifted restrictions
apple_mtr_driving Apple Maps usage for driving directions, as percentage*100 relative to the baseline of Jan 13, 2020
apple_mtr_walking Apple Maps usage for walking directions, as percentage*100 relative to the baseline of Jan 13, 2020
apple_mtr_transit Apple Maps usage for public transit directions, as percentage*100 relative to the baseline of Jan 13, 2020
gcmr_retail_recreation Google Community Mobility Reports data for the frequency that people visit retail and recreation places expressed as a percentage*100 change relative to the baseline period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020
gcmr_grocery_pharmacy Google Community Mobility Reports data for the frequency that people visit grocery stores and pharmacies expressed as a percentage*100 change relative to the baseline period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020
gcmr_parks Google Community Mobility Reports data for the frequency that people visit parks expressed as a percentage*100 change relative to the baseline period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020
gcmr_transit_stations Google Community Mobility Reports data for the frequency that people visit transit stations expressed as a percentage*100 change relative to the baseline period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020
gcmr_workplaces Google Community Mobility Reports data for the frequency that people visit workplaces expressed as a percentage*100 change relative to the baseline period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020
gcmr_residential Google Community Mobility Reports data for the frequency that people visit residential places expressed as a percentage*100 change relative to the baseline period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020
gtrends_score Google search volume for the term ‘coronavirus’, relative across time with the country maximum scaled to 100
gtrends_country_score Country-level Google search volume for the term ‘coronavirus’ over a period starting Jan 1, 2020, relative across countries with the country having the highest search volume scaled to 100 (time-stable)
region Country region as classified by the World Bank (time-stable)
income Country income group as classified by the World Bank (time-stable)
population Country population as reported by the World Bank (original identifier ‘SP.POP.TOTL’, time-stable)
land_area_skm Country land mass in square kilometers as reported by the World Bank (original identifier ‘AG.LND.TOTL.K2’, time-stable)
pop_density Country population density as reported by the World Bank (original identifier ‘EN.POP.DNST’, time-stable)
pop_largest_city Population in the largest metropolian area of the country as reported by the World Bank (original identifier ‘EN.URB.LCTY’, time-stable)
life_expectancy Average life expectancy at birth of country citizens in years as reported by the World Bank (original identifier ‘SP.DYN.LE00.IN’, time-stable)
gdp_capita Country gross domestic product per capita, measured in 2010 US-$ as reported by the World Bank (original identifier ‘NY.GDP.PCAP.KD’, time-stable)
timestamp Date and time where data has been collected from authoritative sources