infectiousR (version 0.1.1)

get_global_covid_stats: Get Global COVID-19 Statistics

Description

Retrieves real-time global statistics on COVID-19 from the 'disease.sh' API.

Usage

get_global_covid_stats()

Value

A data frame with the following columns:

• updated: Last updated time (as a human-readable date-time).

• cases: Total confirmed cases worldwide.

• newCases: Number of new confirmed cases today.

• deaths: Total confirmed deaths worldwide.

• recovered: Total number of recovered patients.

• newRecov: Number of recovered patients today.

• active: Current active cases.

• critical: Current number of critical cases.

• tests: Total number of tests performed.

• pop: Estimated global population.

• countries: Number of countries affected.

Returns NULL if the API is unavailable or an error occurs.

Details

This function sends a GET request to the 'disease.sh' API and parses the returned JSON into a structured and user-friendly data frame. The timestamp is converted to a readable date-time format (in UTC). Requires an active internet connection.

References

API Docs: https://disease.sh/docs/#/COVID-19

Examples

if (FALSE) {
global_stats <- get_global_covid_stats()
if (!is.null(global_stats)) {
  print(global_stats)
}
}