About this project

What is CODA?

CODA, short for COVID Dashboard, is an open-source online dashboard designed to help users achieve a simple yet thorough analysis on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Data Used

We would like to acknowledge the following databases used as bases for the dataset we used for this project:

Our dataset is also available for downloading in the link below:

https://tinyurl.com/CODAdataset

This dataset includes the following columns:

COUNTRY: the country/region in which the data was recorded
DATE: the date when the row of data was recorded
DAILY_CONFIRMED: the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded in a day
DAILY_DEATHS: the number of COVID-19-related deaths recorded in a day
DAILY_RECOVERED: the number of recoveries from COVID-19 recorded in a day
ACTIVE: the cumulative number of ongoing positive cases of COVID-19 recorded
CUMULATIVE_CONFIRMED: the cumulative number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded
CUMULATIVE_DEATHS: the cumulative number of COVID-19-related deaths recorded
CUMULATIVE_RECOVERED: the cumulative number of recoveries from COVID-19 recorded
DANGER_INDEX: the Danger Index, which determines the level of danger presented by a country's COVID-19 situation
R0: the Transmission Index, which indicates the power of SARS-COV-2 virus transmission
INC: the cumulative incidence per 100,000 inhabitants

How to Integrate CODA to Your Website

CODA is a cloud-based Shiny application, meaning that you can easily integrate it into your website. Simply copy the following piece of code and paste it on your website's HTML file:

To change the dimensions of the dashboard, simply change the values in the height and width attributes of the HTML element.

How to use CODA

The dashboard consists of two main views: the Graph View and the Map View.

The Graph View allows you to view the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic situation of a country over time with respect to certain variables. You can choose to view the progress up to 5 countries over the same variable or up to 5 variables over the same country for a more detailed comparison and analysis. There are currently two types of graphs available for use:

Line Graph: plots sets of data into lines on the graph, recommended for viewing the evolution of data over time
Box Plot: plots sets of data into box-and-whisker plots on the graph, recommended for analyzing the variance of data

You can hover your mouse over the plots in the graph to find more information about the data. Upon hovering the mouse over the graph, you can also find a set of icons on the upper right corner, which can help you:

Pan: move the graph displayed
Zoom In: zoom into the graph
Zoom Out: zoom out of the graph
Reset Axes: reset the scaling so that the entire graph can be seen
Toggle Spike Lines: toggle the appearance of spike lines, which help in showing the value of a data point

You can also drag your mouse to highlight and zoom into an area on the graph.

On the other hand, the Map View allows you to see the cumulative numbers of the countries up to a given date using one of the variables available in the dashboard. The countries are then colored according to their values in that variable, as seen in the legend below:

The following variables are available for use in the Graph View:

DAILY_CONFIRMED: the number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded in a day
DAILY_DEATHS: the number of COVID-19-related deaths recorded in a day
DAILY_RECOVERED: the number of recoveries from COVID-19 recorded in a day
ACTIVE: the number of positive COVID-19 cases that are neither counted as deaths nor recoveries, meaning that these cases are ongoing as of the date of recording
CUMULATIVE_CONFIRMED: the cumulative number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases recorded
CUMULATIVE_DEATHS: the cumulative number of COVID-19-related deaths recorded
CUMULATIVE_RECOVERED: the cumulative number of recoveries from COVID-19 recorded
DANGER_INDEX: determines the level of danger presented by a country's COVID-19 situation; higher values of this index indicates a more dangerous situation
R0 (also known as Transmission Index): represents the power of SARS-COV-2 virus transmission
INC: the cumulative incidence per 100,000 inhabitants

As for the Map View, the following variables are available:

Cumulative variables: CONFIRMED, DEATHS, RECOVERED, ACTIVE
Daily variables: DANGER_INDEX, R0, INC

Disclaimer: This dashboard was created as part of an academic project.

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