corona.py

# use the following lines in your conky .conf
# important to use execpi to get the colors from the scripts right
# ${color e43526}COVID-19 UPDATE:${color}
# ${execpi 60 python ~/scripts/corona.py}

import requests
import re
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

COLORS = {
    'reset':'$color',
    'redish':'${color ff104b}',
    'blue':'${color 0000ff}',
    'green':'${color 00ff00}',
    'yellow':'${color ffff00}'
}

def output(report):
    print("  * "+COLORS['yellow'] +'Total Confirmed: '+f'{report[1]}' + COLORS['reset'])
    print("  * "+COLORS['redish'] + 'Deaths: ' + f'{report[3]}' + COLORS['reset'])
    print("  * "+COLORS['green'] + 'Recovered: '+ f'{report[5]}' + COLORS['reset'])
    


r = requests.get('https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/')
soup =BeautifulSoup(r.text,'html.parser')
main_count = soup.find_all('div',{'class':'maincounter-number'})

return_string = []
for m in main_count:
    return_string += m.parent.text.split('\n')
report = list(filter(lambda x:x,return_string))
print('World :-')
output(report)


countries = ['Nepal','India','USA']
for country in countries:
    country_obj = soup.find('td',text=country)
    country_list = [st.text for st in country_obj.parent.children if st!='\n']
    if not country_list[4].strip():
        country_list[4]=0
    
    for i in (1,3,5):
        report[i]=country_list[i+1]
        
    print(country,':-')
    output(report)