diff --git a/platypush/backend/covid19.py b/platypush/backend/covid19.py
index f1fa9679..598f1087 100644
--- a/platypush/backend/covid19.py
+++ b/platypush/backend/covid19.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class Covid19Backend(Backend):
         update_time = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(summary['Date'].replace('Z', '+00:00'))
 
         self.bus.post(Covid19UpdateEvent(
-            country=summary['CountryCode'],
+            country=summary['Country'],
+            country_code=summary['CountryCode'],
             confirmed=summary['TotalConfirmed'],
             deaths=summary['TotalDeaths'],
             recovered=summary['TotalRecovered'],
diff --git a/platypush/message/event/covid19.py b/platypush/message/event/covid19.py
index 9e21ac9b..849efa59 100644
--- a/platypush/message/event/covid19.py
+++ b/platypush/message/event/covid19.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Covid19UpdateEvent(Event):
                  deaths: int,
                  recovered: int,
                  country: Optional[str] = None,
+                 country_code: Optional[str] = None,
                  update_time: Optional[datetime] = None,
                  *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class Covid19UpdateEvent(Event):
                          deaths=deaths,
                          recovered=recovered,
                          country=country,
+                         country_code=country_code,
                          update_time=update_time,
                          **kwargs)