PandemonCAT: Monitoring the COVID-19 Pandemic in Catalonia, Spain

Somnath Chaudhuri, Gerard Giménez-Adsuar, Marc Saez and Maria A. Barceló
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Somnath Chaudhuri: Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain
Gerard Giménez-Adsuar: Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain
Marc Saez: Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain
Maria A. Barceló: Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-22

Abstract: Background: The principal objective of this paper is to introduce an online interactive application that helps in real-time monitoring of the COVID-19 pandemic in Catalonia, Spain (PandemonCAT). Methods: This application is designed as a collection of user-friendly dashboards using open-source R software supported by the Shiny package. Results: PandemonCAT reports accumulated weekly updates of COVID-19 dynamics in a geospatial interactive platform for individual basic health areas (ABSs) of Catalonia. It also shows on a georeferenced map the evolution of vaccination campaigns representing the share of population with either one or two shots of the vaccine, for populations of different age groups. In addition, the application reports information about environmental and socioeconomic variables and also provides an interactive interface to visualize monthly public mobility before, during, and after the lockdown phases. Finally, we report the smoothed standardized COVID-19 infected cases and mortality rates on maps of basic health areas ABSs and regions of Catalonia. These smoothed rates allow the user to explore geographic patterns in incidence and mortality rates. The visualization of the variables that could have some influence on the spatiotemporal dynamics of the pandemic is demonstrated. Conclusions: We believe the addition of these new dimensions, which is the key innovation of our project, will improve the current understanding of the spread and the impact of COVID-19 in the community. This application can be used as an open tool for consultation by the public of Catalonia and Spain in general. It could also have implications in facilitating the visualization of public health data, allowing timely interpretation due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; mobility; spatiotemporal; shiny (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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