This document analyzes COVID-19 case and death data from April and May 2020 in 6 countries. It presents plots of new cases and deaths over time. It discusses differences between countries in total population, measures taken, testing levels, culture and HDI that influence case and death rates. It also examines differences over time, finding the US peak was much higher than UK and France in late March and lockdowns reduced cyclicality of French data versus UK data. The document concludes there are numerous differences between countries and over time and puts forth some hypotheses for these differences.
5. The cyclicality of the new cases of the virus
First interpretation leads to a
question: why do we not study
the same thing for speci鍖c
countries ?
7 days
6. The key of the analysis: the ratios
Summing all rows per week number
Summing all rows per country
Time analysis (Plotly)
Location analysis (Choropleth map)
7. Problematic of the analysis
To what extent ratios impact the location of the virus in the world ?
To what extent ratios evolve through the time ?
8. Methods
R studio
Time Series packages (zoo, xts)
Data visualization packages (plotly, lea鍖et)
First the whole world, then speci鍖c cases (countries)
First the whole period, then 2 months
14. Di鍖erence between countries
Such di鍖erences are due to certain unique parameters such as
- Total population
- Measures taken
- Amount of tests done
- Culture
- HDI
15. Di鍖erence over time
Geographical impact:
- USA 8x more cases than UK and France (late March)
- USA more marked peak (48925 cases on April 26th)
Impact on cyclicality:
- The di鍖erence between weekdays and weekend depends on the period
we looked at. For example, in April and May 2020 in France, the lockdown
made the data less seasonal than the one for UK for example.