This is a data journalism project created for the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University (BCU).
Website: https://biafarrugia.github.io/coronavirus-deadliest-day-2020/
Methodology:
Between 11th-21st January 2020, national data comes from the World Health Organization (WHO).
From 22nd January 2020, national and local data come from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Population data from the World Bank.
Data are based on reports at the time of publication on 10th January 2021.
It is possible that officials revise reports or give inaccurate information.
National and local updates are published at different times and time zones. It might lead to discrepancies between official numbers and JHU and WHO.
Total deaths are the cumulative number of reported deaths among confirmed coronavirus cases.
Sources:
JHU CSSE COVID-19 Data: https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19
JHU Unified COVID-19 Dataset: Badr, H. S., B. F. Zaitchik, G. H. Kerr, J. M. Colston, P. Hinson, Y. Chen, N. H. Nguyen, M. Kosek, H. Du, E. Dong, M. Marshall, K. Nixon, and L. M. Gardner, 2021: Unified COVID-19 Dataset. https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19_Unified-Dataset
World Bank: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL