Covid19Za: South African COVID-19 Statistics from NICD and DOH

South African COVID-19 epidemiological data aggregated from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the Department of Health (DOH). Maintained by the Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI) research group, the repository centralizes official government health reports through early 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling pandemic progression using daily case counts from NICD reports
• Comparing regional health impacts using provincial-level data breakdowns
• Evaluating public health response by analyzing testing metrics provided by the DOH

Strengths

• Sourced from official government entities including the NICD and DOH
• Released under the permissive MIT license
• Maintained by the Data Science for Social Impact (DSFSI) research group

Limitations

• Geographically restricted to South Africa
• Lack of explicit schema documentation in the primary metadata

Provenance

Source

National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and Department of Health (DOH)

Collection Method

Aggregated from official government reports

Time Range

2020-2026

Freshness

Updated as recently as January 2026.

Geography

South Africa