Upcoming changes in time series tables

[CSSEGISandData]

We will update the time series tables in the following days, aiming to provide a cleaner and more organized dataset consistent with our new/current naming convention. We will also be reporting a new variable (i.e, testing), as well as data at the county level for the US. All files will continue to be updated daily around 11:59PM UTC.

The followiing specific changes will be made:

• Three new time series tables will be added for the US. The first two will be the confirmed cases and deaths, reported at the county level. The third, number of tests conducted, will be reported at the state level. These new tables will be named time_series_covid19_confirmed_US.csv, time_series_covid19_deaths_US.csv, time_series_covid19_testing_US.csv, respectively.

• Changes to the current time series include the removal of the US state and county-level entries, which will be replaced with a new single country level entry for the US. The tables will be renamed time_series_covid19_confirmed_global.csv and time_series_covid19_deaths_global.csv, and time_series_covid19_testing_global.csv, respectively.

• The ISO code will be added in the global time series tables.

• The FIPS code will be added in the new US time series tables.

• We will no longer provide recovered cases.

• The current set of time series files will be moved to our archive folder, and the new files will be added to the current folder.

Thanks!

Update: time_series_covid19_recovered_global.csv is added.

[DataChant]

Will recovered cases still be reported on the daily CSV files? Will they reflect the daily recovered or aggregated?

[CSSEGISandData]

@DataChant No recovered cases will be reported in the daily reports and the time series tables.

Update: we newly added recovered time series table for most countries. Thanks!

[paolinic03]

Woah, major news. Let’s do this. Bummed about no recovered but seems to be difficult to collect. County level data is going to be massive. Thank you

[billyburgoa]

Thanks for your work. I'd like to know why you won't report or provide recovered cases.

[CSSEGISandData]

No reliable data source reporting recovered cases for many countries, such as the US.

[ryanwoconnor]

Can you please provide us a date/time for that cutover?
Can we place these new files into a different folder and leave the old files in place?
This way current dashboards that we may have running won't be full of errors when the cutover happens?

Thank you,
Ryan