COVID-19 case numbers Germany from Robert-Koch-Institut

Python scripts for collecting historical case numbers of the spread of COVID-19 in Germany from Robert Koch Institut. https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Fallzahlen.html

Data is updated on a daily basis and published in a csv file here: http://www.nexolin.de/data/covid-19/rki/rki_data.csv

included files:

• rki_get_cases.py: script for downloading current case numbers from the RKI server
• rki_merge_cases.py: combine cases to one single csv file with the following structure:

Bundesland	date	confirmed	deaths
name of federal state	date in %Y-%m-%d format	# of confirmed cases	# of deaths

http://github.com/normannexo/COVID-19-RKI/blob/master/csv/rki_data.csv

• clean_archive.py - The Robert-Koch-Institut frequently changes the structure of the data table. This script tackles resulting problems with the historical csvs to fit the new structure.