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Get Global COVID-19 Statistics

Source: R/get_global_covid_stats.R
get_global_covid_stats.Rd

Retrieves real-time global statistics on COVID-19 from the 'disease.sh' API.

Usage

get_global_covid_stats()

Value

A data frame with the following columns:

  • updated: Last updated time (as a human-readable date-time).

  • cases: Total confirmed cases worldwide.

  • newCases: Number of new confirmed cases today.

  • deaths: Total confirmed deaths worldwide.

  • recovered: Total number of recovered patients.

  • newRecov: Number of recovered patients today.

  • active: Current active cases.

  • critical: Current number of critical cases.

  • tests: Total number of tests performed.

  • pop: Estimated global population.

  • countries: Number of countries affected.

Returns NULL if the API is unavailable or an error occurs.

Details

This function sends a GET request to the 'disease.sh' API and parses the returned JSON into a structured and user-friendly data frame. The timestamp is converted to a readable date-time format (in UTC). Requires an active internet connection.

Note

An internet connection is required to use this function. Function fails gracefully if API is unavailable.

References

API Docs: https://disease.sh/docs/#/COVID-19

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
global_stats <- get_global_covid_stats()
if (!is.null(global_stats)) {
  print(global_stats)
}
} # }