tochsner / 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). Start with the README.

SARS-CoV-2 Cases communicated by Swiss Cantons and Principality of Liechtenstein (FL)

Our aim is to create a common official OGD dataset of SARS-CoV-2 cases of the Swiss Authorities.

The infection rates refer to the infection with SARS-CoV-2, whereas the disease caused by the virus is called Covid-19.

We are providing SARS-CoV-2 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

There is a merged file of all Cantons and FL that is automatically updated for use in data analysis.

You can get started exploring the data with visualise.ipynb (run it in your browser).

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!)

(Latest full roundtrip to check for updates: completed at 2020-03-25 18:20 - next full roundtrip starting at at 2020-03-25 20:00)

OGD resource	updated by	latest update	data historized	Official source(s)
FL	manually	2020-03-25 20:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
AG	scraping	2020-03-25 15:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource for list of all sources see here
AI	manually	2020-03-25 17:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
AR	scraping	2020-03-26 09:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
BE	scraping	2020-03-26	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
BL	scraping	2020-03-26	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
BS	manually	2020-03-26 10:30	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
FR	manually	2020-03-18 (partially)	no	see 'source' OGD resource
GE	manually	2020-03-25 12:00	no	see 'source' OGD resource
GL	manually	2020-03-26 13:30	no	see 'source' (data before 2020-03-22 not official) OGD resource
GR	scraping	2020-03-26	no	see 'source' (identical case no. for 2020-03-22; we're verifying) OGD resource
JU	scraping	2020-03-25 18:00	no	see 'source' OGD resource
LU	scraping	2020-03-26 11:00	no	see 'source' OGD resource
NE	scraping	2020-03-25 14:00	no	see 'source' OGD resource
NW	scraping	2020-03-25 15:30	no	see 'source' OGD resource
OW	manually	2020-03-25	no	see 'source' OGD resource
SG	scraping	2020-03-26	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
SH	scraping	2020-03-26 07:00	no	see 'source' OGD resource
SO	scraping	2020-03-26 00:00	yes	see 'source' (data before 2020-03-20 not official) OGD resource
SZ	manually	2020-03-25	no	see 'source' (one record not official) OGD resource
TG	scraping	2020-03-26	no	see 'source' OGD resource
TI	manually	2020-03-25 08:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
UR	scraping	2020-03-24 12:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
VD	manually	2020-03-25	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
VS	scraping	2020-03-25 15:00	yes	see 'source' OGD resource
ZG	scraping	2020-03-26 08:00	no	see 'source' OGD resource
ZH	manually	2020-03-26 09:30	yes	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_and_fl	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

Visualization of Swiss and Cantonal Case Numbers over Time

• https://rsalzer.github.io/COVID_19_CH/
• https://rsalzer.github.io/COVID_19_KT_ZH/
  Robert Salzer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rob_salzer

Operations Dashboard

• https://covid19.ddrobotec.com/ github-repo
  Zeno Davatz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zdavatz

corona-data.ch

• https://www.corona-data.ch/ github-repo
  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!