At 01:08 15/03/2020, John Whittington wrote:
>For anyone interested ...
>A new JHU .csv file (which should include "14th March" data) has
>just appeared, and there are still a number of issues.
>Although a column for 14th March (which should be populated with
>data) has been added, it contains no data.
>For many/most countries, it looks as if the data for 12th March has
>been (temporarily or permanent) 'lost', it having been replaced with
>a figure identical to that for the previous day (11th). As a
>result, for the more 'active' countries there is a large jump in
>figures from 12th (which is actually the 11th figure) to 13th March.
>For the US, the State-level data looks as if it might be OK. The
>County-level data is back, except that for 10, 11 12 and 13 March
>there is effectively no data (all zeros)
The data for 14th March has now appeared, but the other issues
remain. In particular, the figures for 11th and 12th March are still
identical for many countries, and may always remain like that. This
makes some of the graphs of 'daily never cases' look messy, falling
to zero on 12th March and then jumping up to roughly double the true
daily increase on 13th - if that data is going to persist, I'm
tempted to substitute interpolated figures for 12th March, pure in
the name of aesthetics!
Kind Regards,
John
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