Version 0.2.0

  • Automated the data refresh on the Github version with the use of Github Actions
  • Add vignette - Visualization covid19italy with Choropleth Maps (non CRAN, available here)
  • Update for the italy_total dataset:
    • total_currently_positive -> cumulative_positive_cases
    • new_currently_positive -> daily_positive_cases
    • total_positive_cases -> cumulative_cases
    • Add new columns:
      • total_people_tested - total number of people tested
  • Update for the italy_region dataset:
    • total_currently_positive -> cumulative_positive_cases
    • new_currently_positive -> daily_positive_cases
    • Add new columns:
      • total_people_tested - total number of people tested
      • region_spatial - the spatial region name as in the output of the ne_states function from the rnaturalearth package
  • Update for the italy_province dataset:
    • total_positive_cases was modified to total_cases
    • total_tests was removed
    • Add new columns:
      • new_cases - add daily number of positive cases
      • province_spatial - the spatial province names as in the output of the ne_states function from the rnaturalearth package

Version 0.1.0

  • Release three datasets:

    • italy_total - national level
    • italy_region - region level
    • italy_province - province level
  • update_data function to update the dataset to the most recent one

  • Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.