Daily COVID-19 Positive Tests in Leicester and Surrounding Districts

Leicester City Council provides daily counts of positive Coronavirus (COVID-19) tests within Leicester City and its surrounding local authority districts. The data covers a period up to December 2023, with a note that automatic updates were discontinued on 12th December 2023. Data for the most recent 4-5 days of the active collection period was likely incomplete.

Use Cases

• Track local COVID-19 case trends based on daily positive test counts.
• Analyze the progression of the pandemic in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Compare infection waves across different local authority districts mentioned in the description.
• Assess data reporting lags and completeness based on the caveat about recent data being incomplete.

Strengths

• Data is provided at a daily granularity, enabling fine-grained temporal analysis.
• Covers multiple distinct local authority districts (Leicester City Council and surrounding districts).
• Specific metadata about data completeness ('most recent 4-5 days is likely to be incomplete') is provided.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data collection was discontinued on 12th December 2023, limiting its use for current analysis.

Provenance

Source

Leicester City Council

Time Range

Covers a period up to 12 December 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 11:36:28.669874; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Leicester City Council and surrounding local authority districts in Leicestershire and Rutland, UK.