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. 2021 Aug 20;9:e11489. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11489

Table 1. A summary of the functions and corresponding web applications that currently make up the covid19.Explorer R package.

Function name Application tab Description
age.deaths Excess mortality by age Graph weekly or cumulative excess mortality by age and jurisdiction.
compare.infections State comparison Compare daily or cumulative deaths and estimated daily or cumulative infections between states and U.S. jurisdictions.
covid.deaths Deaths by age Plot weekly or cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths by age group and compared to all deaths.
iceberg.plot Iceberg plot Graph observed daily confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases (above the ‘waterline’ of the graph) and estimated unobserved infections (below it).
infection.estimator Infection estimator Estimate daily or cumulative SARS-CoV-2 infections based on observed deaths and confirmed cases.
infection.range.estimator Plausible range Estimate the plausible range of daily or cumulative infections based on an interval of IFR values at each time point.
infections.by.state SARS-CoV-2 infections Visualize geographic distribution of new or cumulative SARS-CoV-2 infections through time.
state.deaths By state Graph weekly or cumulative excess deaths by U.S. state.
updateData Not applicable Update the data used by covid19.Explorer from the web.