COVID-19 case numbers from Robert Koch-Institut in Germany

Python scripts for collecting historical case numbers of the spread of COVID-19 in Germany from Robert Koch-Institut. https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Fallzahlen.html

Data is updated on a daily basis and published in a csv file here: https://github.com/Milanowicz/COVID-19-Dataset/blob/master/data/rki/time_series_confirmed_and_death.csv

Description of columns

State	Date	Confirmed	Deaths
Name of federal state (German Bundesland)	Date in %Y-%m-%d format	Numbers of confirmed cases	Numbers of deaths

Dataset rki_data.csv

Install Python environment

Create environment and install Python libs for a GNU/Linux operation system:

$ . env.sh
$ pip3 install pandas numpy BeautifulSoup4 cloudscraper requests lxml

Usage from Python scripts

Python script for downloading current case numbers from the RKI server:

rki_get_cases.py

Python script combine cases to one single csv file with the following structure:

rki_merge_cases.py

or execute by this shell script:

$ . update.sh

The Robert-Koch-Institut frequently changes the structure of the data table. This script tackles resulting problems with the historical csvs to fit the new structure.

clean_archive.py