_DOCUMENTATION_data_covid19_msis_by_location.txt

This documentation was last updated on 2021-02-05.

This is the documentation for the files:
- data_covid19_msis_by_location_YYYY-MM-DD.xlsx
- data_covid19_msis_by_location_YYYY-MM-DD.csv
- data_covid19_msis_by_location_latest.csv

These files contain the total number of reported COVID-19 cases for Norway, the counties of Norway, and the municipalities of Norway.

If something does not appear to be correct, or more documentation is needed in a particular area, or you have suggestions about the way the data is presented/formatted, please email RichardAubrey.White@fhi.no

These files are generated automatically each day through an extraction from MSIS.

Note: granularity_time='total' means the cumulative total for the entire time period.

The variables available are listed below:
granularity_time: Temporal granularity (total)
granularity_geo: Geographical granularity (nation, county, and municip)
location_code: The geographical location
border: The borders (kommunesammenslåing) that location_code represents
age: Age in years
sex: Sex
year: N/A
week: N/A
yrwk: N/A
season: N/A
x: N/A
date: N/A
n: Total number of confirmed cases
pop: Population obtained from SSB
pr100000: 100000*n/pop
location_name: The name of the geographical location
date_of_publishing: The date of publishing