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"covid19-us" is a library that retrieves current published COVID-19 data from the CDC's website. It fetches States Reporting Cases and cases in the United States by date of illness onset, starting January 12, 2020. Data is updated Mondays through Fridays before 4 pm EST by CDC.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html
NOTE: Cache this data, DO NOT run it continuously causing issues for CDC.
npm install covid19-us
let Covid19DeathsUS = require("covid19-us").Covid19DeathsUS;
let Covid19MapCasesUS = require("covid19-us").Covid19MapCasesUS;
let deathCases = new Covid19DeathsUS();
deathCases.getCDCDeathCasesData().then(data => {
console.log("deaths", data);
/*
Sample output:
{
'1/12/2020': 0,
'1/13/2020': 0,
'1/14/2020': 2,
// ...
}
*/
});
let mapCases = new Covid19MapCasesUS();
mapCases.getCDCMapCasesData().then(data => {
console.log("maps data:", data);
/*
Sample output:
[ {
casesReported: 0,
stateCode: 'AL',
stateName: 'Alabama',
isEstimated: false
}
// ...
]
*/
});
import {
Covid19MapCasesUS,
ICovid19MapCases,
ICovid19MapCasesRow,
Covid19DeathsUS,
ICovid19DeathCases
} from 'covid19-us';
let covid19MapCasesUS = new Covid19MapCasesUS();
covid19MapCasesUS.getCDCMapCasesData().then((cdcData: ICovid19MapCasesRow[]) => {
console.log(cdcData);
});
let covid19DeathsUS = new Covid19DeathsUS();
covid19DeathsUS.getCDCDeathCasesData().then((cdcData: ICovid19DeathCases) => {
console.log(cdcData);
});
Clone the repository and change your current directory into a projects directory
git clone https://github.com/winfinit/covid19-us.git
cd covid19-us
Make sure typescript and mocha are installed
npm install typescript mocha --global
Build/rebuild the project
npm run clean-build
// or run: rm -Rf ./build && tsc
Ensure that tests are passing
npm test
// or run mocha --recursive ./built/test/
Same as Linux/OSX but change paths to match windows
FAQs
covid-19 CDC US data extractor
The npm package covid19-us receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, covid19-us popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that covid19-us demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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