Disaggregated epidemiological data on age and sex for the first 250 days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bucharest, Romania

The dataset renders information about all the officially COVID-19 confirmed individual cases in Bucharest, since the onset of the pandemic in the city, on March 7th, till November 11th, 2020. Specifically, we give information on the COVID-19 confirmation date, as well as on each patient’s sex, age, and geographical (administrative) location (the administrative district in Bucharest). The dataset comprises a total of 46,440 COVID-19 cases and renders disaggregated epidemiological data that may prove a useful instrument for public health experts, policy-makers and scientists interested in assessing and better understanding COVID-19 spread in urban communities, especially before the introduction of the vaccines.