USA COVID-19: Anniversary Of the First Death (Feb. 29, 2020)

Our World In Data

• Libraries:

library(ggplot2)
library(scales)
library(forecast)
library(dplyr)
library(forecast)
library(readr)
theme_set(theme_gray())

• Load Covid-19 Data for USA

rm(list=ls())
US <- read_csv("./DATA/owid-covid-data.csv") %>% filter(location=="United States") %>%
  select(date,new_cases,new_deaths,total_cases,total_deaths)

• Calculate 14 Day Moving Averages: Cases and Deaths

US$MAC <- ma(US$new_cases,14,centre = TRUE)
US$MAD <- ma(US$new_deaths,14,centre = TRUE) 
summary(US)

• Plot of Daily Cases with 14 Day Moving Averages

US %>% filter(date >="2020-01-24") %>% ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x=date,y=new_cases,col="Daily Cases"),lwd=1) +
  geom_line(aes(x=date,y=MAC,col="Moving Average"),lwd=1) +
  labs(title="US Daily Cases w/ 14 Day Moving Average",x="Year",y="Daily Cases") +
  scale_y_continuous(labels=comma)

Plot of Daily Cases

• Plot of Daily Deaths with 14 Day Moving Average

US %>% filter(date >="2020-02-29") %>% ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x=date,y=new_deaths,col="Daily Deaths"),lwd=1) +
  geom_line(aes(x=date,y=MAD,col="Moving Average"),lwd=1) +
  labs(title="US Daily Deaths w/ 14 Day Moving Average",x="Year",y="Daily Deaths") +
  scale_y_continuous(labels=comma)

Plot of Daily Deaths

• Resources:

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R Code and Data

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