This post presents a series of interactive graphics that show the latest information on covid-19 infections and vaccinations in Germany. The data exploration focuses on Bavaria and Munich, with the ability to show and hide different datasets, as well as scale and move the perspective to provide a more detailed view.
The graphics use publicly available data and the code is available on github. Please note that the data is frozen in time as of April 27, 2022, and is no longer being updated.
Vaccination doses describe doses without regard to first, second (or 3rd, etc.) dose. I recommend hiding most curves to get a better look at the data for each Bundesland.
The plots on the daily distributed doses show the differences in the vaccination rate. The upper graph for Germany and the lower one for Bavaria.
The actual numbers are entered as points. Due to the fluctuations, the smoothed curves are more suitable for viewing. Three different degrees of smoothness are shown. The average of the last 7, 14 or 21 days. Again, I recommend to hide some datasets you get a better view at those you are interested in.
In the plot above, the absolute vaccination rate of the Bundesländer (States) is visible.
The upper and lower plots show the vaccinations per calendar week. I personally like this plot particularly well. I see a reduction to calendar weeks as more useful than looking at daily variations, which are distorted by weekends, holidays, and reporting errors.
The above plot can be a bit confusing, so it needs a bit more explanation. In it, each bar represents a different time period. All time periods have the same end, which is the day the plot was created. But each bar goes back in time differently.
- The first bar on the left (x-axis value 1) shows the distributed vaccination doses of the last available day.
- The 7th bar shows the daily average of vaccinations, if only the last week (rather: last 7 days) is considered.
- The 30th bar shows the daily average of vaccine doses that have been administered in the last 30 days.
The above plot shows on which days of the week the number of vaccinations is higher or lower. Each bar color represents a different period. When looking at the blue bars (feel free to hide other bars), the entire vaccination period is considered (i.e. since the end of December). The bars show what percentage of vaccine doses were given on which days of the week. The other bar colors show the distribution for other time windows.
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The above plot shows the course of the incidence value with a smoothed line using a rolling 7-day windows.
Have fun exploring the data further!
Feel free to click around 🙂