Bloomberg Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker Open Data

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Dataset Description

The Bloomberg Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker covers all U.S. states and territories as well as a growing number of countries internationally, on a daily basis. Vaccination data is gathered from government websites, official statements and Bloomberg interviews. In the U.S., prior to Feb. 20, when local governments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported different totals for the same jurisdiction, Bloomberg used the higher number (unless there was a data quality concern). Starting on Feb. 20, CDC data is used exclusively for the U.S. due to methodological changes that disallow comparison with state-reported data. It may take several days for counts to be reported to databases. We don’t report data from third-party sources, except in a few rare cases such as state-affiliated media.

Updating

The latest raw data will be pushed to this repository once a day.

The file UPDATED.txt indicates the time at which the data was last acquired from our data store.

Data Dictionary

These comma-separated values (CSV) files are available for download, with the following data fields.

current-global.csv – Snapshot of the latest global update to the Bloomberg Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker

  • id: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (full list available here). Subdivisions are also standard ISO codes (ISO 3166-2 alpha-2 or alpha-3), unless otherwise specified. London’s (GBR-LON) is a non-standard code.
  • population: 2019 national population figure from the International Monetary Fund October 2020 World Economic Outlook.
  • name: Jurisdiction name in Bloomberg style.
  • dosesAdministered: Cumulative number of vaccine doses administered.
  • peopleVaccinated: Cumulative number of people who’ve received at least one dose.
  • completedVaccination: Cumulative number of people who’ve been fully vaccinated with either a single- or two-dose vaccine.
  • completedOneDoseVaccination: Cumulative number of people who’ve been fully vaccinated with a single-dose vaccine.

current-usa.csv – Snapshot of the latest U.S. update to the Bloomberg Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker

  • id: Postal abbreviations for states, territories and vaccination jurisdictions (full list available here). Cities and federal entities are given non-standard identifiers, e.g. “new-york-city”.
  • population: Population estimates as of July 1, 2019 from the U.S. Census for the U.S. and Puerto Rico. 2018 U.S. Census Bureau estimates and estimates from the CIA Factbook are used for other U.S. territories and Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands.
  • name: State, territory, city or vaccination jurisdiction name.
  • dosesAdministered: Cumulative number of doses administered in a state, regardless of residency. This is the administration data published on our website. Prior to Feb. 20, it includes the most up-to-date figures drawn from the CDC and from state-run dashboards—whichever value is higher; CDC data, which includes doses administered by federal entities within each state as of Feb. 20, is currently used.
  • peopleVaccinated: Cumulative number of a state's residents who’ve received at least one dose; prior to Feb. 20, this refers to people who were vaccinated in a state, regardless of residency. (Note: if higher than the CDC number prior to Feb. 20, state-reported data is used.)
  • completedVaccination: Cumulative number of a state's residents who’ve been fully vaccinated with either a single- or two-dose vaccine; prior to Feb. 20, this refers to people who were fully vaccinated in a state, regardless of residency. (Note: if higher than the CDC number prior to Feb. 20, state-reported data is used.)
  • completedOneDoseVaccination: Cumulative number of a state's residents who’ve been fully vaccinated with a single-dose vaccine.
  • cdcDosesDistributed: Cumulative number of vaccine doses delivered, according to the CDC. (Data for New York City is as reported by the city.)

historical-global-doses-administered.csv – Cumulative number of doses administered by country

  • id: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (full list available here). Subdivisions are also standard ISO codes (ISO 3166-2 alpha-2 or alpha-3), unless otherwise specified. London’s (GBR-LON) is a non-standard code.
  • date: Date on which new datapoint was recorded by Bloomberg. (Note: all areas are checked daily, but depending on when the source is updated it may have been recorded with a day or more of lag.)
  • value: total number of doses administered (e.g. dosesAdministered) as recorded on that date.

historical-usa-doses-administered.csv – Cumulative number of doses administered by U.S. states, territories or other vaccination jurisdictions

  • id: Postal abbreviations for states, territories and vaccination jurisdictions (full list available here). Cities and federal entities are given non-standard identifiers, e.g. “new-york-city”.
  • date: Date on which new datapoint was recorded by Bloomberg. (Note: all areas are checked daily, but depending on when the source is updated it may have been recorded with a day or more of lag.)
  • value: Total number of doses administered (e.g. dosesAdministered) as recorded on that date. Starting on Feb. 20, this is the CDC number for doses administered, including by any federal entities in a given state; prior to that, this was the higher of of the state-reported or CDC-reported figure and excluded federal entities.

Country Notes

  • Brazil: Data covers most but not all states, as explained in this blog post.
  • Canada: National figures are calculated as the sum of province and territory level data, rather than directly reported.
  • Russia: Only reports the number of people who have received at least one dose; it doesn’t break down the total number of doses administered, which would be higher.
  • U.K.: National figures are calculated as the sum of country-level data, rather than directly reported. Crown dependencies and British Overseas Territories are excluded from U.K.’s total.
  • U.S.: Prior to Feb. 20, national figures are calculated as the sum of states, the District of Columbia, territories, federal agencies and the Pacific Island nations that are covered by the U.S. vaccination drive (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau). Starting Feb. 20, the numbers reported by the CDC are used.