Add description

index.lua

@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ Write([[
     body {
       padding: 48px;
       font-family: sans-serif;
+      color: #222;
     }
-    span {
+    span.last-update {
+      color: #999;
+    }
+    span.count {
       padding-right: 0.6em;
     }
   </style>
@@ -32,11 +36,28 @@ for v in db:nrows(query) do
   rows[#rows + 1] = v
 end
 
-Write('<span>')
+function format_int(number)
+  -- taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10989788/format-integer-in-lua#10992898. thanks!
+  local i, j, minus, int, fraction = tostring(number):find('([-]?)(%d+)([.]?%d*)')
+
+  -- reverse the int-string and append a six-per-em to all blocks of 3 digits
+  thinsp = "&thinsp;"
+  int = int:reverse():gsub("(%d%d%d)", "%1" .. thinsp:reverse())
+
+  -- reverse the int-string back remove an optional six-per-em and put the 
+  -- optional minus and fractional part back
+  return minus .. int:reverse():gsub("^&thinsp;", "") .. fraction
+end
+
+local deaths_yesterday = rows[1]["sum_deaths"] - rows[2]["sum_deaths"]
+local description = format_int(rows[1]["sum_deaths"]) .. ' people died from Covid-19. ' .. format_int(deaths_yesterday) .. ' died within the last day.'
+Write('<p>' .. description .. ' <span class="last-update">Last update: ' .. rows[1]["last_update"] .. ' UTC</span></p>')
+
+Write('<span class="count">')
 for i=1,rows[1]["sum_deaths"] do
   Write('🖤')
   if i > 0 and i < rows[1]["sum_deaths"] and i % 100 == 0 then
-    Write('</span><span>')
+    Write('</span><span class="count">')
   end
 end
 Write('</span>')