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This API no longer responds. Our last check on 2026-07-31 found no working endpoint — the service appears to have shut down or moved. The documentation, code samples and score below are kept for reference only; do not build against this API. See working Health APIs →

Covid-19 JHU CSSE API

Health / No Auth Required Beginner HTTPS CORS

Free to Use

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Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

The Covid-19 JHU CSSE API is a community-built REST API that exposes Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 dataset in an easy-to-use JSON format. It provides global and country-level case counts, deaths, and recoveries without requiring any API key. No authentication is needed, making it one of the simplest COVID-19 APIs to start with.

Beginner Tip

Start with the /confirmed endpoint to get a quick sense of the data structure, then explore /deaths and /recovered for full pandemic statistics — all without any authentication.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

case counts and statistics

vaccination data

geographic breakdown

historical trend data

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from Covid-19 JHU CSSE",
    "description": "Open-source API for exploring Covid19 cases based on JHU CSSE",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

countryRegion Name of the country or region.

confirmed Total cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases.

deaths Total cumulative COVID-19 deaths.

recovered Total cumulative recovered cases.

active Active cases calculated as confirmed minus deaths and recovered.

lastUpdate ISO 8601 timestamp of the last data update.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://covid19.mathdroid.com/api/countries";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

Empty or stale response The API mirrors JHU data which is no longer actively updated since the university stopped its dashboard in 2023.

✓ Use this API for historical analysis only; for recent statistics consider alternative live sources.

Country name mismatch Country names in the dataset may differ from what you expect (e.g., 'US' instead of 'United States').

✓ Fetch the full country list first via /countries and match by the exact name string returned.

CORS error in browser fetch The community server may not include CORS headers for all browsers.

✓ Make requests from your backend server and relay results to the frontend to avoid CORS restrictions.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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