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
| 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
Create environment and install Python libs for a GNU/Linux operation system:
$ . env.sh
$ pip3 install pandas numpy BeautifulSoup4 cloudscraper requests lxml
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