Find the Distance from the Closest Corona Patient with this Website

Corona Tracker is a unique website that allows you to easily determine the distance between you and the nearest confirmed COVID-19 patient. Developed by a group of students from an engineering college in Goa, this website sources its data from three different places: Johns Hopkins University, MOHFW, and Crowdsourced with verification.

To find out the distance, simply visit the website on your smartphone or computer and click on the small “Click here” blue button at the top of the page. The site will ask for your location permission. Once you grant permission, the site will calculate the distance between you and the nearest confirmed COVID-19 case within seconds.

Please note that the distance feature is currently only available for India.

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We reached out to the developers of the site to learn more about how it works. They explained that the website utilizes a crowd-sourced dataset that contains an updated list of confirmed COVID-19 patients in India. The algorithm of the website compares your location data with the location data of confirmed cases around you. Based on this calculation, it shows you the estimated distance between you and the nearest COVID-19 case.

However, it's important to note that the crowd-sourced dataset only contains the district names of the cases, not their precise locations. As a result, the algorithm compares the location coordinates of your district with the patient's district. Therefore, the data provided is a rough estimate, with a possible error of 5 kilometers.

In addition to the distance feature, the website also offers a live global map of COVID-19 cases and a live counter. It presents age demographic and daily case count graphs to provide intuitive visualization of the data. It's worth mentioning that there may be differences in the numbers compared to the MoHFW site, as the Ministry does not update data at regular intervals.

Overall, this website is a commendable tool developed by dedicated individuals. While there are a few minor flaws with the text padding and label placement, these can be easily addressed in the front-end code. It would be great to see the website expand its coverage globally, but the lack of a global central repository could present a challenge.

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