Load COVID-19 case data from John Hopkins database
# Load COVID-19 case data from John Hopkins database
Loading, processing and plotting the data from the John Hopkins COVID-19 database. The data is automatically read from the online repository, thus, you need a internet connection. The data can be found here: https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19.
# How to (see runAll.m):
type = 'confirmed'; % 'confirmed','deaths','recovered'
[dataMatrix] = readCoronaData(type);
[dataTable,timeVector,mergedData] = processCoronaData(dataMatrix);
plotCoronaData(timeVector,mergedData,{'Denmark','US','Germany','China'},type);
Cite As
Axel Ahrens (2026). Load COVID-19 case data from John Hopkins database (https://github.com/aahr/covid-19_data_analysis), GitHub. Retrieved .
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- MATLAB > Data Import and Analysis > Data Import and Export > Web Access and Streaming > Web Services >
- Sciences > Biological and Health Sciences >
- Test and Measurement > ThingSpeak >
- Sciences > Biological and Health Sciences > Epidemiology >
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| 0.63 | -fixed bug in reading script due to comma in Province/State field. |
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| 0.62 | -Fixed issue with table in MATLAB versions before 2019b (Thank you to Ernesto Criado-Hidalgo and Christopher Hoen). |
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| 0.61 | -fixed bug that occurs on Mac OSX pointed out by Christopher Hoen (Thank you!) |
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| 0.60 | -fixed typo in Description
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| 0.50 | -The John Hopkins database format was changed again |
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| 0.41 | -The John Hopkins database changed its format |
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| 0.31 | -connected github repo |
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| 0.3 | -now also includes the options to load Deaths and Recovered cases. |
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| 0.2 | -fixed bug in plotting function
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