A question on presenting data by time --- is the database built cumulatively?

[Yang Liu]

Thanks again for the great work. I wish to double-check a question:
If I want to show how is the situation in, for example, last October, could I just filter the latest dataset by Date?
I assume the database is built cumulatively: so whenever there is an update in a country, the new data is appended to the old one. Is this roughly the case?
Many thanks!

[Tim Riffe]

yes, series are cumulative at this time. We do aim to offer decumulated series in the future, but this will require implementing more kinds of harmonization that we haven't got to yet. Anyway, yes, just pick out the date you need and you can consider it a snapshot. If things aren't as you expect, please report. Thank you!

[Yang Liu]

Thank you for your quick reply!