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The difficulties of death figures
This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.
Where are these numbers coming from?
The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.
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In past 24 hours, USA, North America had 1,151 new cases, 7 deaths and 10,109 recoveries.
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The files provided are daily datasets that I scraped from the COVID-19 tracking website Worldometer over the course of 3 days—08/04/21–08/06/21. The dates don't necessarily have to contain the most recent data because that is not the intent of this dataset.
For me, I find making data visualizations very satisfying. Seeing a neat and tidy graph come out of an enormous CSV file is very inspirational to me. The goal is simply to use this data to make visualizations of how COVID-19 is continuing to affect each country throughout the world.
I made a pandas DataFrame out of the table on the website, and I included all 21 of their columns. Descriptions for each column are provided below.
Country: String. Name of each country.TotalCases: Integer. Total number of cases NewCases: Integer. Number of new additional casesTotalDeaths: Integer. Total number of deaths due to COVID-19NewDeaths: Integer. Number of new additional deathsTotalRecovered: Integer. Total number of patients recovered from COVID-19NewRecovered: Integer. Number of new additional recovered patientsActiveCases: Integer. Number of current active casesCritical: Integer. Number of critically ill patientsTot Cases/1M pop: Integer. Total cases per 1M (one million) populationDeaths/1M pop: Float. Deaths per 1M populationTotalTests: Integer Total number of COVID-19 tests administeredTests/1M pop: String. Tests per 1M populationPopulation: Integer. Population of countryContinent: String. Continent on which the country is located1 Case Every X ppl: Integer. Gives us an idea of the rate of cases per country1 Death Every X ppl: Integer. Gives us an idea of the rate of death due to COVID-191 Test Every X ppl: Integer. Gives us an idea of the rate of testing per countryNew Cases/1M pop: Float. New cases per 1M populationNew Deaths/1M pop: Integer. New deaths per 1M populationActive Cases/1M pop: Integer. Active cases per 1M populationThis data was collected from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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This dataset contains Covid-19 data of all the states in USA as on September 15, 2023
Link : https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
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Trends in Covid total deaths per million. The latest data for over 100 countries around the world.
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TwitterOn March 10, 2023, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center ceased collecting and reporting of global COVID-19 data. For updated cases, deaths, and vaccine data please visit the following sources:Global: World Health Organization (WHO)U.S.: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)For more information, visit the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.This feature layer contains the most up-to-date COVID-19 cases and latest trend plot. It covers China, Canada, Australia (at province/state level), and the rest of the world (at country level, represented by either the country centroids or their capitals)and the US at county-level. Data sources: WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC, DXY, 1point3acres, Worldometers.info, BNO, state and national government health departments, and local media reports. . The China data is automatically updating at least once per hour, and non-China data is updating hourly. This layer is created and maintained by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at the Johns Hopkins University. This feature layer is supported by Esri Living Atlas team and JHU Data Services. This layer is opened to the public and free to share. Contact us.
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COVID-19: background information COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that had not previously been identified in humans. The first case was detected in the Hubei province of China at the end of December 2019. The virus is highly transmissible and coughing and sneezing are the most common forms of transmission, which is similar to the outbreak of the SARS coronavirus that began in 2002 and was thought to have spread via cough and sneeze droplets expelled into the air by infected persons.
Naming the coronavirus disease Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that can be transmitted between animals and people, causing illnesses that may range from the common cold to more severe respiratory syndromes. In February 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses and the World Health Organization announced official names for both the virus and the disease it causes: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, respectively. The name of the disease is derived from the words corona, virus, and disease, while the number 19 represents the year that it emerged.
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What Is COVID-19?
A coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. Most coronaviruses aren't dangerous.
COVID-19 is a disease that can cause what doctors call a respiratory tract infection. It can affect your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs). It's caused by a coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2.
It spreads the same way other coronaviruses do, mainly through person-to-person contact. Infections range from mild to serious.
SARS-CoV-2 is one of seven types of coronavirus, including the ones that cause severe diseases like Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and sudden acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The other coronaviruses cause most of the colds that affect us during the year but aren’t a serious threat for otherwise healthy people.
In early 2020, after a December 2019 outbreak in China, the World Health Organization identified SARS-CoV-2 as a new type of coronavirus. The outbreak quickly spread around the world.
Is there more than one strain of SARS-CoV-2?
It’s normal for a virus to change, or mutate, as it infects people. A Chinese study of 103 COVID-19 cases suggests the virus that causes it has done just that. They found two strains, which they named L and S. The S type is older, but the L type was more common in early stages of the outbreak. They think one may cause more cases of the disease than the other, but they’re still working on what it all means.
How long will the coronavirus last?
It’s too soon to tell how long the pandemic will continue. It depends on many things, including researchers’ work to learn more about the virus, their search for a treatment and a vaccine, and the public’s efforts to slow the spread.
Dozens of vaccine candidates are in various stages of development and testing. This process usually takes years. Researchers are speeding it up as much as they can, but it still might take 12 to 18 months to find a vaccine that works and is safe.
Symptoms of COVID-19
The main symptoms include:
The virus can lead to pneumonia, respiratory failure, septic shock, and death. Many COVID-19 complications may be caused by a condition known as cytokine release syndrome or a cytokine storm. This is when an infection triggers your immune system to flood your bloodstream with inflammatory proteins called cytokines. They can kill tissue and damage your organs.
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Total_World_covid-19.csv : This dataset contains the worldwide data country-wise such as total cases , total active, deaths, etc. along with testing data.
Total_India_covid-19.csv : This dataset contains India level data statewise such as confirmed cases , active cases, deaths, etc.
Total_US_covid-19.csv : This dataset contains India level data statewise such as confirmed cases , active cases, deaths, etc.
Daily_States_India.csv : This dataset contains daily statewise data of India such as daily confirmed , daily active , daily deaths and daily recovered.
Total_Maharshtra_covid-19.csv : This dataset contains Maharashtra's district wise data such as confirmed cases , active cases, deaths, etc.
World and US data has been collected from Worldometer . Thanks a lot.
India and State level along with Maharashtra district data has been collected from Covid19India. Special thanks to them for providing updated and such wonderful data .
1) What has been the Covid-19 trend across the world, Is it declining? Is it increasing? 2) Which countries have been able to sustain and control the virus spread? 3) How is India coping up with the virus? Have they been able to control it at the given cost of 2 months nationwide lockdown?
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This dataset contains Covid-19 data of South America as on January 05, 2023
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Data were collected in the six domains of: • COVID numbers • Fights – numbers of flights and numbers of overseas destionations • Median household income • State ethnic composition • Population and population density • Drug use
Inverse probability weights were constructed by inverse probability weighting conducted in package ipw in R.
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According to Cognitive Market Research, the global alcohol-based hand sanitizer market size is USD 2351.2 million in 2023 and will expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.60% from 2023 to 2030.
North America held the major market of more than 40% of the global revenue with a market size of USD 940.5 million in 2023 and will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.8% from 2023 to 2030
Europe accounted for a share of over 30% of the global market size of USD 705.4 million
Asia Pacific held the market of more than 23% of the global revenue with a market size of USD 540.8 million in 2023 and will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6% from 2023 to 2030
Latin America market of more than 5% of the global revenue with a market size of USD 117.6 million in 2023 and will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.0% from 2023 to 2030
Middle East and Africa held the major market of more than 2% of the global revenue with a market size of USD 47.02 million in 2023 and will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% from 2023 to 2030
Enhanced Focus on Hand Sanitization to Provide Viable Market Output
Consumer behavior has been significantly impacted by the global coronavirus outbreak, which has also encouraged consumers to improve their personal hygiene, especially their hand hygiene.
As of February 23, 2022, approximately 43 million individuals worldwide have been infected by the coronavirus, with 6.5 million cases still active and 0.59 million deaths recorded, according to Worldometer.
Source-www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-toll/
France, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom are the nations most badly impacted. As a result, customers became alarmed by the rising number of virus-related deaths and began paying more attention to hand hygiene as a defense against getting sick. The World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and medical professionals everywhere advise using hand sanitizers as well. They assert that applying an alcohol-based hand rub is one of the best defenses against the virus. The alcohol-based hand sanitizer market is currently growing because of this factor.
Increasing Consciousness and Governmental Efforts to Propel Market Growth
The public's increasing awareness of the importance of hand hygiene, sparked by government and health organization campaigns, is driving a notable increase in the alcohol-based hand sanitizer industry. Consumer demand for alcohol-based hand sanitizer has surged as a result of awareness of the product's critical role in stopping the transmission of infectious diseases. The market has had significant effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus is extremely contagious, thus there is an immediate need for strong disinfection procedures. The alcohol-based hand sanitizer have become a popular and practical answer to this problem. Continuous market expansion is the outcome of the pandemic's indelible habit of alcohol-based hand sanitizer use in daily routines.
Key Dynamics of
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Key Drivers of
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Heightened Hygiene Awareness Following the Pandemic: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly altered consumer habits, establishing hand hygiene as a lasting priority in homes, workplaces, and public areas. Even after the pandemic, the consistent use of hand sanitizers has become ingrained in both personal and institutional practices. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are especially favored due to their demonstrated efficacy in eliminating 99.9% of bacteria and viruses. Health organizations such as the WHO and CDC advocate for a minimum of 60% alcohol content in sanitizers, further supporting their utilization.
Increasing Utilization in Healthcare and Commercial Settings: Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, food service sectors, and corporate offices are adopting alcohol-based sanitizers as vital tools for infection control. Hand sanitizing stations have become a common feature in commercial buildings, transportation hubs, educational institutions, and retail centers. Institutional purchasers generally buy in bulk and favor alcohol-based formulations for their rapid action and comprehensive germ protection.
Robust Product Availability Across Distribution Channels: The extensive availability of alco...
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In past 24 hours, Colombia, South America had N/A new cases, N/A deaths and N/A recoveries.
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This dataset contains data of weekly trend of Covid-19 in South America (January 05 - January 12, 2023)
Link : https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table
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COVID-19 is perhaps the biggest historical event of our lifetime with the kind of destruction and disruption it has already caused to the people around the world. I wanted to build a dashboard summarizing the events from beginning to date and that's the reason I worked on combining all the daily reports into one file.
This file consists of incidents reported from across the world Jan 22 onwards. Incidents are categorized into Confirmed, Deaths and Recovered. Country/Region and/or Province/State information is available. Geo-coordinates are available but these are missing for countries like China
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This is the data repository for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Visual Dashboard operated by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE). Also, Supported by ESRI Living Atlas Team and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU APL).
Visual Dashboard (desktop): https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
Visual Dashboard (mobile): http://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/85320e2ea5424dfaaa75ae62e5c06e61
Lancet Article: An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time
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World Health Organization (WHO): https://www.who.int/ DXY.cn. Pneumonia. 2020. http://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia. BNO News: https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC): http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/yqtb/list_gzbd.shtml China CDC (CCDC): http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/news/TrackingtheEpidemic.htm Hong Kong Department of Health: https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/102465.html Macau Government: https://www.ssm.gov.mo/portal/ Taiwan CDC: https://sites.google.com/cdc.gov.tw/2019ncov/taiwan?authuser=0 US CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus.html Australia Government Department of Health: https://www.health.gov.au/news/coronavirus-update-at-a-glance European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/geographical-distribution-2019-ncov-cases Ministry of Health Singapore (MOH): https://www.moh.gov.sg/covid-19 Italy Ministry of Health: http://www.salute.gov.it/nuovocoronavirus 1Point3Arces: https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en WorldoMeters: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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COVID-19 is perhaps the biggest historical event of our lifetime with the kind of destruction and disruption it has already caused to the people around the world. I wanted to build a dashboard summarizing the events from beginning to date and that's the reason I worked on combining all the daily reports into one file.
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The current population of the United States of America is 334,464,117 as of Saturday, April 16, 2022, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. This three datasets contain population data of USA (2020 and histIndiaorical), population forecast and population in major cities.
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This dataset contains data of weekly trend of Covid-19 in North America (January 05 - January 12, 2023)
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed into a global pandemic, affecting every nation and territory in the world. Machine learning-based approaches are useful when trying to understand the complexity behind the spread of the disease and how to contain its spread effectively. The unsupervised learning method could be useful to evaluate the shortcomings of health facilities in areas of increased infection as well as what strategies are necessary to prevent disease spread within or outside of the country. To contribute toward the well-being of society, this paper focusses on the implementation of machine learning techniques for identifying common prevailing public health care facilities and concerns related to COVID-19 as well as attitudes to infection prevention strategies held by people from different countries concerning the current pandemic situation. Regression tree, random forest, cluster analysis and principal component machine learning techniques are used to analyze the global COVID-19 data of 133 countries obtained from the Worldometer website as of April 17, 2020. The analysis revealed that there are four major clusters among the countries. Eight countries having the highest cumulative infected cases and deaths, forming the first cluster. Seven countries, United States, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Iran, play a vital role in explaining the 60% variation of the total variations by us of the first component characterized by all variables except for the rate variables. The remaining countries explain only 20% of the variation of the total variation by use of the second component characterized by only rate variables. Most strikingly, the analysis found that the variable number of tests by the country did not play a vital role in the prediction of the cumulative number of confirmed cases.
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The difficulties of death figures
This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.
Where are these numbers coming from?
The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.