I'm not analyzing COVID data, though I'm impressed with Ontario's open data
I’m neither an epidemiologist nor a medical doctor. So, no one wants to see my amateur disease modelling.
That said, I’ve complained in the past about Ontario’s open data practices. So, I was very impressed with the usefulness of the data the Province is providing for COVID: a straightforward csv file that is regularly updated from a stable URL.
Using the data is easy. Here’s an example of creating a table of daily counts and cumulative totals:
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From there we can make some simple plots to get a sense of how the case load is changing.
And, I’ll leave it at that, at least for public posting π€