- ncdhhs removed data and changed column names in dataset used in get_hospitalizations() function, some columns are now unavailable and others have been renamed to their previous names for back compatibility.
- bug fix: get_covid_county_demographics() was not reporting deaths anymore after NCDHHS changed to a monthly instead of weekly report on deaths
- get_cdc_detail() downloads data directly from cdc on call instead of pulling from repo
- Fix get_county_covid_demographics() where updated state data added ' County' to the names of the counties
- Updating population estimates from 2018 ACS to 2020 ACS.
- Pointing reproduction number pulls (
pull_estimates
) to new Cori et al estimates in r-estimates-cori github repository
- BUGFIX: Update pull_covid_summary() for new "Reinfection Cases by Speciman Date" column in the raw data.
- Ensure that smoothing of the daily rates continues for several years (into 2025)
- Fixed holidays through July 4th of 2022
- Fixed a column ordering issue with
get_covid_county_demographics
- Fixed error introduced in
get_google_mobility2
- Speed up google mobility function calls
- Fix Veteran's Day reporting lag
- Added a basic herd immunity calculation function in the form of
hit
- Updated
get_covid_state
to reflect the reporting irregularity around September 4th. - Updated functions to ensure correct field names were used (hospitalization details)
- Updated functions around converting growth rates to reproduction numbers
- Added
calculate_community_immunity
in order to estimate the level of community immunity
- Added
get_cdc_vax
andget_cdc_detail
to more easily retrieve information from the CDC on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by county
- Added a smoother for reporting delays for Alamance and Guilford counties between 1 May and 21 May for the adjusted case metrics.
pull_vaccine_census
now available to pull vaccination rates at the Census Tract
- Added logic to account for data dumps from North Carolina with an optional argument in
get_covid_state
calledreport_adj
with a default ofFALSE
to account for two points- 2020-09-25 when all antigen tests were added
- 2020-11-13/2020-11-14 when data collection times changed and only 10 hours of data were collect.
- Added
get_hospitalizations
to retrieve hospitalisation data - Added North Carolina Healthcare Preparation Coalitions as a data set The current method just imputes the previous days value for September for the death and case incidence on 25 September. For the November reporting change the 13/14 days are averaged across the two days. This should smooth out any reporting irregularity. This is important for calculating R or any other metrics that rely on daily data.