This functions hits the Johns Hopkins Covid Data Repository and filters down to North Carolina Data. Alternatively, it can retrieve any state.
get_covid_state(
state = "North Carolina",
select_county = NULL,
data_source = c("cone", "hopkins"),
reporting_adj = FALSE
)with a default of North Carolina
the county, if desired
which data source you would like to use one of "cone" or "hopkins"
a boolean, default of FALSE which adjust
for two known issues with North Carolina Report occurring on
2020-09-25 when all antigen tests were added and on 2020-11-13
where only 10 hours of data were reported and the remaining cases
were rolled into 2020-11-14. Also corrects for reporting lapses on
Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve/ Christmas Day. On 2021-02-28 the dashboard
was taken down for maintenance and thus unavailable on that day.
Additionally note that on 2021-03-13 NCDHHS elected to not report data
on Sundays. On 2021-03-19 NCDHHS notified users that on 2021-03-26 data
would be updated Monday - Friday. Updated for Good Friday in which no results
were posted.
if (FALSE) {
# To get all counties
get_covid_state()
# To get a single county
get_covid_state(select_county = "Guilford")
}