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SCIENTIFIC DATA
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00688-8
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom
- Center for Effective Altruism -Effective Altruism Meta Fund
- Templeton World Charity Foundation
- Effective Giving
- Camp Foundation
- Rodel Foundation
- Pritzker Innovation Fund
- Ron Conway Family
- HDR Global Trading Limited
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Our understanding of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic is built upon data concerning confirmed cases and deaths. This data, however, can only be meaningfully interpreted alongside an accurate understanding of the extent of virus testing in different countries. This new database brings together official data on the extent of PCR testing over time for 94 countries. We provide a time series for the daily number of tests performed, or people tested, together with metadata describing data quality and comparability issues needed for the interpretation of the time series. The database is updated regularly through a combination of automated scraping and manual collection and verification, and is entirely replicable, with sources provided for each observation. In providing accessible cross-country data on testing output, it aims to facilitate the incorporation of this crucial information into epidemiological studies, as well as track a key component of countries' responses to COVID-19.
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