This is an R package that provides versioned time series data for COVID-19 from the JHU data repository at https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/tree/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_time_series.
For this package to be useful, you will need to clone it and install it from your local copy after you have updated the data.
To clone the repository, in a terminal you can run git clone https://github.com/reichlab/covidData.git
You will need R 3.x or 4.x
You can install the package using the remotes package using
remotes::install_github('reichlab/covidData')If installation using remotes does not work for you, you may run the following steps by hand.
- Clone the repository. If you have previously installed covidData from an existing local clone, pull any updates to the package by running
git pull origin masterfrom the terminal, with the repository folder as your working directory. - Run
R CMD INSTALL covidDatafrom the terminal
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