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 Package: cholera
 Type: Package
 Title: Amend, Augment and Aid Analysis of John Snow's Cholera Map
-Version: 0.7.9.9162
-Date: 2023-02-28
+Version: 0.8.0
+Date: 2023-03-01
 Authors@R: person("lindbrook", email = "lindbrook@gmail.com",
   role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Amends errors, augments data and aids analysis of John Snow's map
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 <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 [![CRAN\_Status\_Badge](http://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/cholera)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=cholera)
-[![GitHub\_Status\_Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-0.7.9.9162-red.svg)](https://github.com/lindbrook/cholera/blob/master/NEWS.md)
+[![GitHub\_Status\_Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-0.8.0-red.svg)](https://github.com/lindbrook/cholera/blob/master/NEWS.md)
 ## cholera: amend, augment and aid analysis of Snow’s cholera map
 
 #### package features