COVID-19 Cases in Mexico by State and Municipality, 2020-2021
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Description
A cleaned dataset from Mexico's General Directorate of Epidemiology groups daily COVID-19 cases by state and municipality. The data includes counts for confirmed, deceased, recovered, and active cases, with the first documented case on 2020-01 -13. The creator applied a 15-day threshold to define recovered cases, differing from the official government methodology.
Use Cases
Modeling state-level pandemic progression based on daily case counts.
Analyzing municipal-level outbreak patterns based on confirmed and active case data.
Comparing recovery rate methodologies based on the described 15-day threshold rule.
Forecasting healthcare resource needs based on active case trends by location.
Strengths
Data is cleaned and formatted from the original source, removing features deemed not useful for predictive analysis.
Includes a clear definition for recovered and active cases based on a 15-day threshold.
The dataset is derived from the official Mexican government epidemiological data source.
Limitations
Row count and column details are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
The last update date is unknown, so data freshness is unverified.
Recovery case counts differ from official figures due to the creator's methodological choice.
Provenance
Source
Mexico's General Directorate of Epidemiology (Dirección General de Epidemiología).
Collection Method
Cleaned and aggregated from official open data, with rows containing 'nonsense information' eliminated.
Time Range
From 2020-01-13 onward.
Freshness
The description states the dataset was intended to be updated daily, but the last update date is unknown.
Geography
Mexico, at the state and municipality level.
Recovered case counts use a different definition (includes inpatients) than the official Mexican government data (outpatients only).