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NY Times COVID case data for mid-Atlantic USA in first two pandemic years

vid.Rd

A dataset containing COVID cases and deaths for 6 US states and territories from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022.

Usage

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Format

Data frame with 4368 observations of 11 variables:

  • date Date, YYYY-MM-DD

  • geoid Character, code for US state or territory

  • state Character, name of US state or territory

  • cases Integer, reported daily COVID cases

  • cases_avg Numeric, rolling daily average number of cases within "state" in previous 2 weeks

  • cases_avg_per_100k Numeric, rolling daily average case rate per 100k residents in previous 2 weeks

  • deaths Integer, reported daily COVID-related deaths

  • deaths_avg Numeric, rolling daily average number of deaths within "state" in previous 2-weeks

  • deaths_avg_per_100k Numeric, rolling daily average death rate per 100k residents in previous 2 weeks

@source Data from The New York Times, based on reports from state and local health agencies. https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data