public async Task <IActionResult> FormatCasesByCron()
        {
            var path = Path.Combine(
                _env.ContentRootPath,
                String.Format("Data/Source/Trials/TexasCases.xlsx"));

            using (var stream = new FileStream(
                       path,
                       FileMode.Open,
                       FileAccess.Read))
            {
                ExcelPackage.LicenseContext = LicenseContext.NonCommercial;
                using (var ep = new ExcelPackage(stream))
                {
                    // get the first worksheet
                    var      ws           = ep.Workbook.Worksheets[0];
                    var      lstCounties  = _context.CasesByCounty.Select(s => s.County).Distinct().ToList();
                    var      lstHostDates = _context.CasesByCounty.ToList();
                    int      nums         = lstCounties.Count;
                    int      rowCnt       = ws.Dimension.End.Row;
                    int      colCnt       = ws.Dimension.End.Column + 1;
                    DateTime startingDate = new DateTime(2020, 03, 04);

                    var nCountyCases = 0;
                    for (var i = 0; i < lstCounties.Count; i++)
                    {
                        for (var j = 4; j < 258; j++)
                        {
                            if (lstCounties[i] == ws.Cells[j, 1].Value.ToString())
                            {
                                for (var k = 35; k < colCnt; k++)
                                {
                                    var dateId = startingDate.AddDays(k).Date;
                                    if (lstHostDates.Where(d => d.Date == dateId).Count() == 0)
                                    {
                                        var casesByCounty = new CasesByCounty();
                                        casesByCounty.Date   = dateId;
                                        casesByCounty.County = lstCounties[i];
                                        casesByCounty.Cases  = ws.Cells[j, k].GetValue <int>();

                                        // create the hospbycounty entity and fill it with xlsx data
                                        // save the hospbycounty to the db
                                        _context.CasesByCounty.Add(casesByCounty);
                                        await _context.SaveChangesAsync();

                                        //increment the counter
                                        nCountyCases++;
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    return(new JsonResult(new
                    {
                        CasesByCounty = nCountyCases
                    }));
                }
            }
        }
        public async Task <IActionResult> ImportCasesByCounty()
        {
            var path = Path.Combine(
                _env.ContentRootPath,
                String.Format("Data/Source/Covid/Cases/TexasCOVID19CaseCountDatabyCounty624.xlsx"));

            using (var stream = new FileStream(
                       path,
                       FileMode.Open,
                       FileAccess.Read))
            {
                ExcelPackage.LicenseContext = LicenseContext.NonCommercial;
                using (var ep = new ExcelPackage(stream))
                {
                    // get the first worksheet
                    var ws             = ep.Workbook.Worksheets[0];
                    var lstCountyDates = _context.CasesByCounty.ToList();

                    // Initialize the record counters
                    var nCountyCases = 0;
                    // iterate through all rows, skipping the first one
                    for (int nRow = 2; nRow <= ws.Dimension.End.Row; nRow++)
                    {
                        var row    = ws.Cells[nRow, 1, nRow, ws.Dimension.End.Column];
                        var dateId = row[nRow, 4].GetValue <DateTime>();

                        if (lstCountyDates.Where(d => d.Date == dateId).Count() == 0)
                        {
                            var casesByCounty = new CasesByCounty();
                            casesByCounty.Date   = row[nRow, 4].GetValue <DateTime>();
                            casesByCounty.County = row[nRow, 1].GetValue <string>();
                            casesByCounty.Cases  = row[nRow, 3].GetValue <int>();

                            // create the hospbycounty entity and fill it with xlsx data
                            // save the hospbycounty to the db
                            _context.CasesByCounty.Add(casesByCounty);
                            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();

                            //increment the counter
                            nCountyCases++;
                        }
                    }

                    return(new JsonResult(new
                    {
                        CasesByCounty = nCountyCases
                    }));
                }
            }
        }