jerstucki / covid_19

COVID19 case numbers Cantons of Switzerland and Principality of Liechtenstein (FL) - case numbers include persons tested in the respective area. The data is updated at best once a day (times of collection and update may vary). Help closing the gaps:

COVID-19 Cases communicated by Swiss Cantons and Principality of Liechtenstein (FL)

Our aim is to create a common official OGD dataset of COVID-19 cases of the Swiss Authorities.

We are providing COVID-19 case numbers in machine-readable form (CSV) as OGD resources (Open Government Data), that have been published by official sources (Cantons and FL) online. Sources are specifed with the respective URL(s).

Case numbers include persons tested and treated in the respective Canton resp. Principality of Liechtenstein. Important: Since 09.03.2020, only persons who meet certain test criteria are tested (see e.g. with the Canton of Zurich "Testkriterien" at www.gd.zh.ch/coronavirus).

The data is updated regularly - if available daily. Times of collection and update of the data may vary.

We are seeking to cover all Cantons, and to update the data automatically (by scraping or pipeline). Join our challenge to contribute to this goal: https://db.schoolofdata.ch/project/73

We are available to advise and support interested authorities. You can reach us: https://twitter.com/OpenDataZH (follow us, we send you a private Direct Message, thanks!)

(Status: 2020-03-21 03:10)

OGD resource	updated by	latest update	Official source(s)
FL	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
AG	manually	2020-03-20	for snapshots see 'source' OGD resource for list of all sources see here
AI	manually	2020-03-14	see 'source' OGD resource
AR	manually	2020-03-18	see 'source' OGD resource
BE	scraping	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
BL	manually	2020-03-21 14:00	see 'source' OGD resource
BS	manually	2020-03-21 10:00	see 'source' OGD resource
FR	manually	2020-03-18	see 'source' OGD resource
GE	manually	2020-03-20 08:00	for snapshots see 'source' OGD resource for current live info without history see here
GL
GR	manually	2020-03-19	see 'source' OGD resource
JU	scraping	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
LU	manually	2020-03-21 11:00	see 'source' OGD resource
NE	manually	2020-03-20 16:00	see 'source' OGD resource for current live info without history see here
NW	manually	2020-03-20 15:20	see 'source' OGD resource
OW	manually	2020-03-13	see 'source' OGD resource
SG	scraping	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
SH	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
SO
SZ	manually	2020-03-14	No official source yet! see 'source' OGD resource
TG	manually	2020-03-21	see 'source' OGD resource
TI	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
UR	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
VD	manually	2020-03-19	see 'source' OGD resource
VS	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
ZG	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource
ZH	manually	2020-03-20	see 'source' OGD resource

Data structure

The data of the Cantonal case numbers is structured in such a way, it can be easily expanded vertically (Confederation).

example-file

Field Name	Description	Format
date	Date of notification	YYYY-MM-DD
time	Time of notification	HH:MM
abbreviation_canton	Abbreviation of the reporting canton	Text
ncumul_tested	Tests performed (cumulative)	Number
ncumul_conf	Number of confirmed cases	Number
ncumul_hosp	Number of hospitalised patients	Number
ncumul_ICU	Number of hospitalised patients in ICUs	Number
ncumul_vent	Number of patients requiring ventilation	Number
ncumul_released	Number of patients released from hospitals	Number
ncumul_deceased	Number of deceased	Number
source	Source of the information	href

Metadata and explanations

Cases Canton ZH

Metadata (in German): https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/covid_19-fallzahlen-kanton-zuerich

Cases all Cantons CH

Metadata (in English): https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/covid_19-cases-per-canton-of-switzerland-and-principality-of-liechtenstein

Important: Data is being updated after the next official data publication incl. Cantonal level issued by the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/situation-schweiz-und-international.html#-1199962081

Quick beta Visualization: https://observablehq.com/@mmznrstat/covid19-cases-in-switzerland

Community Contributions

• https://rsalzer.github.io/COVID_19_KT_ZH/
  Robert Salzer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rob_salzer

• https://github.com/daenuprobst/covid19-cases-switzerland
  Daniel Probst on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skepteis?lang=de

• https://github.com/opendatabs/covid_19
  Open Government Data Basel-Stadt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenDataBS

Many thanks for the great work!