Recent Spikes in numbers, since Feburary 12th, is due to change in definition of confirmed cases, to included those clinically diagnosed.
This Repo contains CSV and JSON files, that use the following naming convention: region.type.source.extention
e.g. china.daily-confirmed.wiki.csv
and is updated atleast once a day.
There are a total of 60371 comfirmed cases worldwide, with 59804 in Mainland China. Sadly atleast 1367 people have died from this virus.
The 2019 novel coronavirus (provisionally named 2019-nCoV), informally known as the Wuhan coronavirus, is a contagious virus that causes respiratory infection. It is the cause of the ongoing 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.[6] Genomic sequencing has shown that it is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA coronavirus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel_coronavirus_(2019-nCoV)
See the /raw
folder for unprocessed* datasets, often containing more information.
Disclaimer: I'm not a Medical professional/Data scientist or Epidemiologist. Its always better to go to reputable sources directly.