Datasets:
Formats:
parquet
Size:
100K - 1M
Tags:
cadence-daily
geo-global
surveillance-respiratory
pathogen-sars-cov-2
tier-2
availability-open
License:
| pretty_name: OWID COVID-19 — global daily compiled | |
| license: cc-by-4.0 | |
| size_categories: | |
| - 100K<n<1M | |
| tags: | |
| - cadence-daily | |
| - geo-global | |
| - surveillance-respiratory | |
| - pathogen-sars-cov-2 | |
| - tier-2 | |
| - availability-open | |
| schema_version: '0.1' | |
| source_id: owid-covid | |
| source_url: https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data | |
| manifest_section: §16.1 | |
| surveillance_category: respiratory | |
| pathogens: | |
| - sars-cov-2 | |
| availability: open | |
| availability_notes: null | |
| access_type: github | |
| tier: 2 | |
| cadence: daily | |
| geography_levels: | |
| - global | |
| - national | |
| geography_countries: | |
| - multiple | |
| gold_standard_for: [] | |
| vintaged_version_of: null | |
| succeeds: null | |
| derived_from: [] | |
| value_columns: | |
| - name: new_cases | |
| unit: cases/day | |
| value_type: incident | |
| description: New confirmed COVID-19 cases reported per day (per OWID's compilation) | |
| aggregation: sum | |
| - name: new_deaths | |
| unit: deaths/day | |
| value_type: incident | |
| description: New confirmed COVID-19 deaths per day | |
| aggregation: sum | |
| - name: icu_patients | |
| unit: patients | |
| value_type: stock | |
| description: Patients in ICU with COVID-19 (point-in-time) | |
| aggregation: mean | |
| - name: hosp_patients | |
| unit: patients | |
| value_type: stock | |
| description: Patients in hospital with COVID-19 (point-in-time) | |
| aggregation: mean | |
| - name: weekly_icu_admissions | |
| unit: admissions/week | |
| value_type: incident | |
| description: New weekly ICU admissions for COVID-19 (carried on the date OWID assigns within the week) | |
| aggregation: sum | |
| - name: weekly_hosp_admissions | |
| unit: admissions/week | |
| value_type: incident | |
| description: New weekly hospital admissions for COVID-19 | |
| aggregation: sum | |
| - name: new_tests | |
| unit: tests/day | |
| value_type: incident | |
| description: New tests performed (any type) per day | |
| aggregation: sum | |
| - name: positive_rate | |
| unit: proportion (0-1) | |
| value_type: proportion | |
| description: Share of COVID-19 tests that are positive | |
| aggregation: rate | |
| - name: people_vaccinated | |
| unit: people | |
| value_type: cumulative | |
| description: Cumulative number of people who have received at least one vaccine dose | |
| aggregation: max | |
| - name: people_fully_vaccinated | |
| unit: people | |
| value_type: cumulative | |
| description: Cumulative number of people fully vaccinated under the country's primary protocol | |
| aggregation: max | |
| - name: total_boosters | |
| unit: doses | |
| value_type: cumulative | |
| description: Cumulative booster doses administered | |
| aggregation: max | |
| notes: | |
| extra_columns: | |
| - column: location_name | |
| description: OWID's English country / aggregate name. `location_id` is canonical. | |
| interpretation_caveats: | |
| - column: new_cases | |
| caveat: 'Compiled from a mix of national sources with very different definitions and | |
| reporting cadences. Many countries publish weekly only; OWID assigns the value | |
| to a single day in the week, leaving the surrounding days as 0/NaN. Treat as a | |
| low-resolution signal post-2022. | |
| ' | |
| - column: positive_rate | |
| caveat: Computed by OWID from `new_tests`. Both inputs are sparsely reported, so this column has heavy missingness. | |
| general: 'OWID''s compilation is the broadest single COVID-19 time series available; it is | |
| *not* a primary source. For US analysis, prefer NHSN HRD; for forecast-target use, | |
| prefer the relevant forecast hub''s truth file. | |
| ' | |
| extra: | |
| source_columns_omitted: 70+ smoothing/per-capita derivative columns dropped (recoverable from kept incident columns). | |
| owid_iso_aggregates_dropped: | |
| - OWID_AFR | |
| - OWID_ASI | |
| - OWID_EUR | |
| - OWID_EUN | |
| - OWID_HIC | |
| - OWID_LIC | |
| - OWID_LMC | |
| - OWID_NAM | |
| - OWID_OCE | |
| - OWID_SAM | |
| - OWID_UMC | |
| computed: | |
| last_ingested: '2026-04-26T12:49:09Z' | |
| row_count: 396995 | |
| time_coverage: | |
| - start: '2020-01-01' | |
| end: '2024-08-14' | |
| geography_unit_count: 238 | |
| observed_cadence_days: 1 | |
| missing_gaps: [] | |
| data_hash: 2a8ae627b9336e85 | |
| # OWID COVID-19 — global daily compiled | |
| OWID's compilation is the broadest single COVID-19 time series available; it is | |
| *not* a primary source. For US analysis, prefer NHSN HRD; for forecast-target use, | |
| prefer the relevant forecast hub's truth file. | |
| **Source:** <https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data> | |
| ## Coverage | |
| - **Time:** 2020-01-01 → 2024-08-14 | |
| - **Cadence:** `daily` (observed median spacing: 1 days) | |
| - **Geography levels:** `global`, `national` — 238 unique location IDs | |
| - **Countries:** multiple | |
| - **Pathogens:** `sars-cov-2` | |
| - **Surveillance category:** `respiratory` | |
| - **Rows:** 396,995 | |
| ## Columns | |
| | Column | Unit | value_type | Aggregation | Description | | |
| |--------|------|------------|-------------|-------------| | |
| | `new_cases` | cases/day | `incident` | `sum` | New confirmed COVID-19 cases reported per day (per OWID's compilation) | | |
| | `new_deaths` | deaths/day | `incident` | `sum` | New confirmed COVID-19 deaths per day | | |
| | `icu_patients` | patients | `stock` | `mean` | Patients in ICU with COVID-19 (point-in-time) | | |
| | `hosp_patients` | patients | `stock` | `mean` | Patients in hospital with COVID-19 (point-in-time) | | |
| | `weekly_icu_admissions` | admissions/week | `incident` | `sum` | New weekly ICU admissions for COVID-19 (carried on the date OWID assigns within the week) | | |
| | `weekly_hosp_admissions` | admissions/week | `incident` | `sum` | New weekly hospital admissions for COVID-19 | | |
| | `new_tests` | tests/day | `incident` | `sum` | New tests performed (any type) per day | | |
| | `positive_rate` | proportion (0-1) | `proportion` | `rate` | Share of COVID-19 tests that are positive | | |
| | `people_vaccinated` | people | `cumulative` | `max` | Cumulative number of people who have received at least one vaccine dose | | |
| | `people_fully_vaccinated` | people | `cumulative` | `max` | Cumulative number of people fully vaccinated under the country's primary protocol | | |
| | `total_boosters` | doses | `cumulative` | `max` | Cumulative booster doses administered | | |
| ### Additional data columns | |
| - **`location_name`** — OWID's English country / aggregate name. `location_id` is canonical. | |
| ## Interpretation caveats | |
| Things that may differ from how other sources define a similar measure. If you're combining this dataset with another, read these first. | |
| - **`new_cases`** — Compiled from a mix of national sources with very different definitions and | |
| reporting cadences. Many countries publish weekly only; OWID assigns the value | |
| to a single day in the week, leaving the surrounding days as 0/NaN. Treat as a | |
| low-resolution signal post-2022. | |
| - **`positive_rate`** — Computed by OWID from `new_tests`. Both inputs are sparsely reported, so this column has heavy missingness. | |
| ## Access | |
| - **Availability:** `open` | |
| - **Access type:** `github` | |
| - **License:** cc-by-4.0 | |
| - **Tier:** 2 | |
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| *Schema version `0.1` · Last ingested 2026-04-26T12:49:09Z · `source_id: owid-covid` · Manifest section §16.1* | |