Refactor for changes in upstream 24 March 2020

[rufuspollock]

There are changes upstream we need to handle (cf #33): CSSEGISandData/COVID-19#1250

• US specific data with info by @anuveyatsu are we now pulling the US data into a separate file? If not, that would be useful i think e.g. us.csv
• Also what other new data files or changes do we need to do?

[rufuspollock]

cc @westmich

[westmich]

@rufuspollock Thanks for tagging me on this. Any thoughts on the why? Are they having trouble keeping up with cases or is this data getting locked down?

[anuveyatsu]

One of the major changes is the removal of recovered cases (#39). On this, I'm planning to remove Recovered field from the data files (we may move it to archive directory if anybody needs it). WDYT?

[berndblasius]

Can you please leave the Recovered field in for the other countries which provide this info?
I know there are some quality issues about recovered data, but it is crucial to calculate the number of active cases.

[anuveyatsu]

@berndblasius we depend on the upstream here so we can't keep it I'm afraid..

[berndblasius]

Hi, thanks for the info. But I don't really understand the problem, for most countries confirmed cases are given by Johns Hopkins University in the daily reports. Or do I miss something? Best Bernd

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[anuveyatsu]

@berndblasius they have announced that they will stop providing the recovered data sometimes soon

[rufuspollock]

@anuveyatsu one option is for us to write out the current recovered data to a separate file here and then integrate when we do the processing so it stays around and we don't have a breaking change?