Get Live Status of Current Covid19 Cases using this free API [https://covid19api.com/] with powershell specifying country. Defaults to my country.

get-covidstatus.ps1

param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
  [ValidateSet('-azerbaijan','afghanistan','albania','algeria','andorra','angola','antigua-and-barbuda','argentina','armenia','aruba','australia','austria','azerbaijan','bahamas','bahamas-the','bahrain','bangladesh','barbados','belarus','belgium','belize','benin','bhutan','bolivia','bosnia-and-herzegovina','brazil','brunei','bulgaria','burkina-faso','cabo-verde','cambodia','cameroon','canada','cape-verde','cayman-islands','central-african-republic','chad','channel-islands','chile','china','colombia','congo-(brazzaville)','congo-(kinshasa)','costa-rica','cote-divoire','croatia','cruise-ship','cuba','curacao','cyprus','czech-republic','czechia','denmark','diamond-princess','djibouti','dominica','dominican-republic','east-timor','ecuador','egypt','el-salvador','equatorial-guinea','eritrea','estonia','eswatini','ethiopia','faroe-islands','fiji','finland','france','french-guiana','gabon','gambia','gambia-the','georgia','germany','ghana','gibraltar','greece','greenland','grenada','guadeloupe','guam','guatemala','guernsey','guinea','guinea-bissau','guyana','haiti','holy-see','honduras','hong-kong','hong-kong-sar','hungary','iceland','india','indonesia','iran','iran-(islamic-republic-of)','iraq','ireland','israel','italy','ivory-coast','jamaica','japan','jersey','jordan','kazakhstan','kenya','korea-south','kosovo','kuwait','kyrgyzstan','laos','latvia','lebanon','liberia','libya','liechtenstein','lithuania','luxembourg','macao-sar','macau','madagascar','mainland-china','malaysia','maldives','mali','malta','martinique','mauritania','mauritius','mayotte','mexico','moldova','monaco','mongolia','montenegro','morocco','mozambique','namibia','nepal','netherlands','new-zealand','nicaragua','niger','nigeria','north-ireland','north-macedonia','norway','occupied-palestinian-territory','oman','others','pakistan','palestine','panama','papua-new-guinea','paraguay','peru','philippines','poland','portugal','puerto-rico','qatar','republic-of-ireland','republic-of-korea','republic-of-moldova','republic-of-the-congo','reunion','romania','russia','russian-federation','rwanda','saint-barthelemy','saint-kitts-and-nevis','saint-lucia','saint-martin','saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines','san-marino','saudi-arabia','senegal','serbia','seychelles','singapore','slovakia','slovenia','somalia','south-africa','south-korea','spain','sri-lanka','st.-martin','sudan','suriname','sweden','switzerland','syria','taipei-and-environs','taiwan','taiwan','tanzania','thailand','the-bahamas','the-gambia','timor-leste','togo','trinidad-and-tobago','tunisia','turkey','uganda','uk','ukraine','united-arab-emirates','united-kingdom','uruguay','us','uzbekistan','vatican-city','venezuela','viet-nam','vietnam','west-bank-and-gaza','zambia','zimbabwe')]
  $Country = "malaysia" # defaults
)

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    This script get status update of current COVID19 Cases
.DESCRIPTION

.NOTES
    File Name   : get-covidstatus.ps1
    Author      : ariff.azman
    Version     : 1.0
.LINK
    https://github.com/PrateekKumarSingh/Graphical
    https://covid19api.com/
    https://api.covid19api.com/countries
.INPUTS
    Country selection, defaults to Malaysia
.OUTPUTS
    COVID19 Cases for Confirmed, Deaths, Recovered with plotted Graphs
#>

if(!(Get-Module -Name Graphical -ListAvailable) ) {
  $showGraph = $false
}else {
  $showGraph = $true
}

function ConvertFrom-Unicode {
  param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [String]$FullUnicode
  )

  $StrippedUnicode = $FullUnicode -replace 'U\+',''
  $UnicodeInt = [System.Convert]::toInt32($StrippedUnicode,16)
  $UnicodeFinal = [System.Char]::ConvertFromUtf32($UnicodeInt)

  $UnicodeFinal
}

function Write-Loading {
  param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [Int]$Count = 39,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [Float]$Delay = 0.6,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
    [String]$Char = "-",
    [switch]$Newline
  )

  for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Count; $i++) {
    Write-Host $Char -NoNewline
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $Delay
  }

  if ($Newline) {
    Write-Host " "
  }
}

function Get-LatestCase {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [string]$Country,
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [ValidateSet('confirmed','deaths','recovered')]
    [string]$Type
  )

  $Url = "https://api.covid19api.com/live/country/$Country/status/$Type"
  $Parsed = (Invoke-WebRequest $Url).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
  $Latest = $Parsed | Select-Object -Last 1 | ForEach-Object Cases
  $Latest
}

function Get-LiveCase {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [string]$Country,
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [ValidateSet('confirmed','deaths','recovered')]
    [string]$Type
  )

  $currentMonth = Get-Date -Format yyyy-MM
  $Url = "https://api.covid19api.com/country/$Country/status/$Type/live"
  $Parsed = (Invoke-WebRequest $Url).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
  $Parsed | Where-Object {($_.Date).Substring(0,10) -match $currentMonth} | ForEach-Object Cases
}

function Get-StepValue {
  param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [Int]$Value
  )

  # Getting Place Value for the number passed
  $numString = $Value.ToString()
  $numLength = $numString.Length - 1
  $firstNum = $numString.Substring(0,1)
  $placeValue = "1"
  $placeValue += for ($i = 0; $i -lt $numLength; $i++) {
    $zero = "0"
    $zero
  }
  $placeValue = $placeValue -replace " "
  $placeValue = $placeValue -as [int]
  $firstNum = $firstNum -as [int]

  $finalNum = $firstNum * $placeValue
  $finalNum = $finalNum/4
  $finalNum
}

function Show-Cases {
  param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [ValidateSet('confirmed','deaths','recovered')]
    [String]$Type
  )

  $skull = ConvertFrom-Unicode -FullUnicode 'U+1F480'
  $sick = ConvertFrom-Unicode -FullUnicode 'U+1F637'
  $recovered = ConvertFrom-Unicode -FullUnicode 'U+1F600'
  $currentMonth = Get-Date -Format MMMM

  $latest = Get-LatestCase -Country $Country -Type $Type
  $live = Get-LiveCase -Country $Country -Type $Type
  $step = Get-StepValue -Value $latest
  switch ($Type) {
    'confirmed' {
      $icon = $sick
      $barType = 'Bar'
      $colorText = 'Yellow'
      $colorMap = @{ 10000000 = 'Yellow' }
    }
    'deaths' {
      $icon = $skull
      $barType = 'Scatter'
      $colorText = 'Red'
      $colorMap = @{ 10000000 = 'Red' }
    }
    'recovered' {
      $icon = $recovered
      $barType = 'Line'
      $colorText = 'Green'
      $colorMap = @{ 10000000 = 'Green' }
    }
    Default { $colorMap = @{ 10000000 = 'Cyan' } }
  }
  Write-Loading
  Write-Host "`n`t     $($Type.ToUpper())" -ForegroundColor $colorText
  Write-Loading  -Newline
  if ($showGraph -and $step -gt 5) {
    Show-Graph -GraphTitle $currentMonth -Datapoints $live -Type $barType -XAxisStep 6 -YAxisStep $step -ColorMap $colorMap
  }
  Write-Host "   TOTAL `t`t$latest $icon"
}

$defaultPP = $ProgressPreference
$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
$dateString = (get-date -DisplayHint date | Out-String).Trim()

Write-Loading
Write-Host "`n`t$dateString" -ForegroundColor Magenta

Write-Loading
Write-Host "`n`t$($Country.ToUpper()) COVID19 STATUS" -ForegroundColor Cyan

# Confirmed Cases ===============================================
Show-Cases -Type 'confirmed'

# Death Cases ===================================================
Show-Cases -Type 'deaths'

# Recovered Cases ================================================
Show-Cases -Type 'recovered'

Write-Loading

$ProgressPreference = $defaultPP