This dataset consists of country, state, and county level information updated on a rolling basis, with updates occuring approximately hourly. The COVID-19 datasets are constructed entirely from primary (government and public agency) sources with a clear attribution of the primary sources used for each geographical region.
Update Frequency: Hourly
Dataset stats: The data is logically organized by region and time. Time is further organized into a snapshot of the latest updates received for all regions and the updates reported by regions for a given date. There are 17 variables for 176 countries.
[Codebook](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yahoo/covid-19-data/master/data/by-region-2020-06-09.json: Column level details for the metadata file.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| regionId | string | a unique identifier for the region |
| label | string | the English name of the region |
| totalConfirmed | integer | the total amount of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region until the given date (aggregate) |
| totalDeaths | integer | the total amount of fatalities from COVID-19 in the region |
| totalRecoveredCases | integer | the total amount of people recovered from COVID-19 in the region (aggregate) |
| totalTestedCases | integer | the total amount of people tested for COVID-19 in the region (aggregate) |
| numPositiveTests | integer | the daily count of people tested positive for COVID-19 |
| numDeaths | integer | the daily count of fatalities as a result of COVID-19 |
| numRecoveredCases | integer | the daily count of people recovered from COVID-19 |
| diffNumPositiveTests | integer | the difference in number of positive cases found between 2 consecutive days |
| diffNumDeaths | integer | the difference in number of deaths between 2 consecutive days |
| avgWeeklyConfirmedCases | float | 7-day moving average of daily new confirmed cases |
| avgWeeklyDeaths | float | 7-day moving average of daily new deaths |
| referenceDate | date | the date associated with the COVID-19 data according to the local timezone of the region |
| lastUpdatedDate | datetime | last update time of the entry |
| dataSource | anyURI | the source attribution for the COVID-19 data in the current entry |
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