Data and code repository for the Open COVID-19 Data Working Group: a global and multi-organizational initative that aims to enable rapid sharing of trusted and open public health data to advance the response to infectious diseases.
We first want to thank all those individuals and organizations across the world who have been willing and able to report data in as open and timely manner as possible. This work attempts to synthesize information from across a myriad set of data sources. Each entry in our database has an associatd source. A number of individuals have contributed to the specific data added here and their names and details are listed below along with citations.
Please get in touch should you want to contribute line list data, have any questions or just want to say hi: [email protected] or [email protected]
We promote open collaboration among researchers and encourage users of these data make best efforts to collaborate with representatives of the groups that generated data and involve them in their analyses where appropriate. Please get in touch should you require more information.
Daily updates are usually processed by 10pm PT (1am EST, 6am GMT) and can be found the latest data folder.
A full description of the methodology used for this study can be found here: Xu, B., Gutierrez, B., Mekaru, S. et al. Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information. Sci Data 7, 106 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0448-0
And a short summary of the data can be found here: Xu B, Kraemer MUG, Open COVID-19 Data Working Group. Open access epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak. Lancet Infect Dis. 20(5):534 (2020). https://doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30119-5
A dashboard showing the data can be viewed here: https://www.healthmap.org/covid-19/
Co-morbidity data may facilitate CFR estimation processes
Datasets derived from Global Burden of Disease on prevalence rates of known co-morbidities, including Diabetes mellitus, Cardiovascular Disease, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder. For more information on these estimates please see metadata and https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/
Global demographics, with age and sex structure are provided. These are mirrors of estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017, publically available here - http://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/ihme-data/gbd-2017-population-estimates-1950-2017. For further information please consult https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)32278-5/fulltext
We want to specifically thank the different regional working groups, including the Africa Open COVID-19 Data Working Group (https://github.com/dsfsi/covid19africa) and LATAM Open COVID-19 Data Working Group.
A list of curators and contributors to the Open COVID-19 Data Working Group is provided below:
| Name | Github | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullahi Kawu | abdullahikawu | ||
| Albert Doughan | adoughan1 | ||
| Alex Benjamin | axmb | [email protected] | |
| Alexander Zabreski | [email protected] | ||
| Allyson Pemberton | allysonjp715 | [email protected] | |
| Alyssa Loskill | [email protected] | ||
| Amanuel Getachew | amanbk12 | ||
| Anastasia Lambrou | @anasophlambrou | [email protected] | |
| Andrew Auruku | aurukua | ||
| Anya Nyman | anya-nyman | ||
| Arianna Maever Amit | [email protected] | ||
| Bernardo Gutierrez | @B_Gutierrez_G | BernardoGG | [email protected] |
| Bo Xu | @BoXu55686629 | BoXu123 | [email protected] |
| Carel Nchachi | Carel08 | ||
| Carl Britto | [email protected] | ||
| Carrie | |||
| Daniel Omolo | Jomo20 | ||
| Darlan Candido | @candido_darlan | [email protected] | |
| David Pigott | @davidmpigott | [email protected] | |
| Devon Jarvis | JarvisDevon | ||
| Diane Igoche | deelearn | ||
| Dieudonné Niyitanga | dniyitanga | ||
| Elaine Nsoesie | [email protected] | ||
| Enrique Estigarribia | [email protected] | ||
| Ernest Offiong | ernoff | ||
| Flavia Salles | [email protected] | ||
| Harvey Davis | [email protected] | ||
| Herkulaas Combrink | MikeMcMalace | ||
| Ian Gregorio-de Souza | |||
| Idris Oladele Muniru | idrismunir15 | ||
| Isha Berry | @ishaberry2 | [email protected] | |
| Ismaël Koné | iskode | ||
| James Azam | jamesmbaazam | ||
| Jean Paul Carrera | @JeanCarrPaul | [email protected] | |
| Jeanet Morienyane | |||
| Jenny MG Shelton | [email protected] | ||
| Jessie Wu | jessiewu | [email protected] | |
| John Brownstein | |||
| Jose Martinez | [email protected] | ||
| Juan Pablo Cordova | [email protected] | ||
| Julia Morgan | [email protected] | ||
| Kamorudeen Amuda | akindele2012 | ||
| Kara Sewalk | @kara_sewalk | [email protected] | |
| Karen Santiago | @itzelmardesiche | [email protected] | |
| Kate LeGrand | klegrand15 | [email protected] | |
| Kazeem Hakeem | hakymulla | ||
| Kelly Moran | khmoran | [email protected] | |
| Kernie Obimakinde | dakrownie | [email protected] | |
| Kundai Gwatidzo | epicpewpew | ||
| Lauren Goodwin | [email protected] | ||
| Leslie Leland | leslieleland | [email protected] | |
| Lin Wang | @fdlwang | [email protected] | |
| Liz Hurley | [email protected] | ||
| Lizel Greyling | lizelgreyling | ||
| Lucy Matkin | [email protected] | ||
| Mahamat Hamdan | axmat | ||
| Mahlet Konjit-Solomon | [email protected] | ||
| Manoli Heyneke | hey-mano | ||
| Manu Cornet | Imanul | [email protected] | |
| Manuel Muvhango | ManuelMuvhango | ||
| Marcos | |||
| Marcos Antonio Escurra | [email protected] | ||
| Marcos Escurra | [email protected] | ||
| Maria Mercedes Cobo | @meche_cobo | [email protected] | |
| Marie Orschulik | morschulik | ||
| Million Abayneh | millzon | ||
| Modupe Coker | moyegunle | ||
| Molly Godfrey | [email protected] | ||
| Moritz Kraemer | @mougk | mougk | [email protected] |
| Moseli Motsoehli | |||
| Moses Ronoh | moses1065 | ||
| Mostafa El Habib Daho | Mostafa-EHD | ||
| Nuno Faria | @nmrfaria | [email protected] | |
| Olaniyan Oluwasegun | Segun12 | ||
| Oliver G Pybus | @EvolveDotZoo | [email protected] | |
| Omara Patrick | |||
| Onesimo Mtintsilana | oniemtie | ||
| Pablo Reyes | [email protected] | ||
| Pamela Andrade | [email protected] | ||
| Raul Aveiro | @Raulaveiro | [email protected] | |
| Rebecca Cogen | [email protected] | ||
| Sabrina Li | @sabrinalyli | [email protected] | |
| Sam Ewald | sewald01 | [email protected] | |
| Sam Scarpino | @svscarpino | [email protected] | |
| Sang Woo Park | @sang_woo_park | parksw3 | [email protected] |
| Sarah Hill | @Hill_SarahC | [email protected] | |
| Sheriffo Ceesay | sneceesay77 | ||
| Shingirai Pfumayaramba | shingiraip | ||
| Shivanand Guness | shivam11 | ||
| Stefanie Watson | stefanieaw | [email protected] | |
| Stephen Radcliffe | sratcliffe118 | [email protected] | |
| Steve Bachmeier | stevebachmeier | [email protected] | |
| Sumiko Mekaru | @Sumiko_Mekaru | [email protected] | |
| Tahir | tahirlanre | ||
| Thomas Brewer | [email protected] | ||
| Thomas Rawson | [email protected] | ||
| Timothé Faudot | attwad | [email protected] | |
| Tsige Gebreslasse | |||
| Veincent Pepito | [email protected] | ||
| Vongani Maluleke | Von31 | ||
| Vukosi Marivate | [email protected] | ||
| Willard Zvarevashe wzvarevashe | |||
| Yaset Caicedo | @yaset_caicedo | [email protected] | |
| Zakia Salod | ZakiaSalod | ||
| Zamasomi Luvuno | |||
| Zoë Willis | [email protected] |
In order to cite the current version of the dataset please use the citation below. As the data are updated regularly, please update the retrieval date in the howpublished field.
@misc{kraemer2020epidemiological,
author = {Open COVID-19 Data Working Group},
title = {{Detailed Epidemiological Data from the COVID-19 Outbreak}},
howpublished = {Accessed on yyyy-mm-dd from
\url{http://virological.org/t/epidemiological-data-from-the-ncov-2019-outbreak-early-descriptions-from-publicly-available-data/337}},
year = 2020
}
and
In order to cite the original dataset and methodology of how it was collected please use:
@article{xu2020Epidemiological,
author = {Xu, Bo and Gutierrez, Bernardo and Mekaru, Sumiko and Sewalk, Kara and Goodwin, Lauren and Loskill, Alyssa and Cohn, Emily and Hswen, Yulin and Hill, Sarah C. and Cobo, Maria M and Zarebski, Alexander and Li, Sabrina and Wu, Chieh-Hsi and Hulland, Erin and Morgan, Julia and Wang, Lin and O'Brien, Katelynn and Scarpino, Samuel V. and Brownstein, John S. and Pybus, Oliver G. and Pigott, David M. and Kraemer, Moritz U. G.},
doi = {doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0448-0},
journal = {Scientific Data},
number = {106},
title = {{Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information}},
volume = {7},
year = {2020}
}
