Scraper class for general Massachusetts COVID data

Description

Massachusetts data comes from an xlsx file that is updated weekly. Currently a full time series is available but it is not exactly clear which numbers are cumulative. We consistently get tested values that are less than confirmed.

DOC Facility

The facility name

Date

Total Population

N Tested - Detainees/Inmates

N Positive - Detainees/Inmates

N Tested - Staff

N Positive - Staff

Total Tested

Total Positive

Active Prisoner Cases

N Deaths

N Released

Notes

Details

The last run of the scraper was on 2021-01-11 and contained the extracted columns: Name, Residents.Population, Residents.Tested, Residents.Confirmed, Staff.Tested, Staff.Confirmed, State, Date, id, source, jurisdiction. We are missing the following core variables for the analysis: Staff.Deaths, Residents.Deaths, Staff.Recovered, Residents.Recovered, Residents.Tadmin, Staff.Negative, Residents.Negative, Staff.Pending, Residents.Pending, Staff.Quarantine, Residents.Quarantine, Residents.Active

Super class

R_GlobalEnv::generic_scraper -> massachusetts_scraper

Methods

Public methods

• massachusetts_scraper$new()

• massachusetts_scraper$clone()

Method new()

Usage

massachusetts_scraper$new(
  log,
  url = "https://www.mass.gov/guides/doc-coronavirus-information-guide",
  id = "massachusetts",
  type = "csv",
  state = "MA",
  jurisdiction = "state",
  pull_func = massachusetts_pull,
  restruct_func = massachusetts_restruct,
  extract_func = massachusetts_extract
)

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

massachusetts_scraper$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments