Avi Schiffmann, a 17-year-old high school junior from Mercer Island Washington, created the nCoV2019.live website back in December when the virus was initially gaining ground. As of the date of this article Schiffmann’s coronavirus tracking website reports 241,937 total confirmed cases, 9,848 deceased, 7,008 serious and 85,292 recovered of a total of 165 of 195 countries tracked.
Schiffmann, in a recent interview with Democracy Now said he created the website because he wanted a streamlined way to find out information about the spread of the coronavirus without having to jump through many websites or deal with advertisements. Well, that is exactly what he did.
Schiffmann’s site also provides a Map option showing graphical icon’s representing keyed information in color:
Key:
- Black: Cities with 1,000 or more cases
- Purple: Cities with 100 or more cases.
- Red: Cities with 20 or more cases.
- Orange: Less than 20 cases
- Diamond shape: Cities with deaths
The site has been visited by tens of millions and is used by news outlets for reporting current infection data for the virus.
Schiffmann said he has been coding for the last 10 years and taught himself how to create the modules needed for the website using online resources such as YouTube. He added he plans on using the name “GermTracker” in the future to make it easy to remember the website URL.
Schiffmann’s website does include a button where visitors appreciative of his work can buy him a coffee.
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