Code for pulling in CA Data from CHHS Open Data

gistfile1.txt

url = 'https://data.chhs.ca.gov/dataset/6882c390-b2d7-4b9a-aefa-2068cee63e47/resource/6cd8d424-dfaa-4bdd-9410-a3d656e1176e/download/covid19data.csv'
states = pd.read_csv(url,
                     header=0,
                     names=["state", "date","positive"],
                     usecols=['date', 'state', 'positive'],
                     parse_dates=['date'],
                     index_col=['state', 'date'],
                     squeeze=True).sort_index()

# You'll also need to set cutoff = 1 for calls to prepare_cases and catch empty sequences