COVID-19 nucleic acid test sites data of Shenzhen

Our research obtained real-time information on nucleic acid testing sites through this project website (https://hsdyjc.newhealth.com.cn/wh5/#/). We collected nucleic acid test site status information 24 hours a day for 7 days from 24 October 2022 to 30 October 2022, with no Chinese holidays, to avoid the impact of holidays on the busyness of the tests. We have published the source data collected and the results of the analysis to facilitate further exploration by researchers interested in what we are studying. Each test site has a very large number of real-time statuses, and we filtered out a few pieces of information needed for the study objectives to be retained. This research has designed a specific process to deal with complex data structures, including the following steps: 1. Data collection. Data is logged hourly using the Python program's request library for nucleic acid test site data; 2. Logging the data. After obtaining the accessed data, the data is presented in json format and we save the required information in csv format; 3. Cleaning the data. We use the pandas library to filter the data and keep the ones that have data distribution within 24 hours; 4. Processing the data. The status of the data represents the busy status of the nucleic acid testing sites, where 1 represents rest (closed), 2 represents open (queue less than 15 minutes), 3 represents busy (queue 15-30 minutes) and 4 represents congested (queue greater than 30 minutes). The pandas library was used to filter the percentage of statuses 3 and 4 in the 24 hour period to represent the percentage of busy nucleic acid detection sites.