COVID-19 Statistics

A Python script that shows real-time COVID-19 Statistics in human-readable tabular form via source data from the web.

Libraries/Modules used:

1. requests (dependency)
2. csv
3. os
4. platform
5. datetime

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The program supports Windows, Mac or any GNU/Linux distribution.
2. Make sure Python(3.5<) is installed in your system.
3. IMPORTANT: Kindly have requests module installed. This can be done by running pip3 install requests in command line.
4. It is recommended to run the scripts in command line, not in IDLE (tabular data may get distorted).

HOW TO RUN:

1. The .zip file contains two .py files, core.py, COVID19.py, and a standalone .exe file.
2. core.py file is not executable and only contains modules for the script to run.
3. Kindly run covid.py file to run the script (NOTE: Do make sure that both core.py and covid.py are in a common(same) directory!!).
4. You may also run the standalone files for Windows/Linux instead of the COVID19.py script.

References:

Source Data: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-cases