Daily records of COVID-19 positive tests and the seven-day positive test rate per 100,000 population for Leicester and England. The data is sourced from the Government Digital Service and uses ONS 2019 mid-year population estimates. Data for the most recent days is noted as incomplete and subject to change.
Use Cases
- Compare local and national infection trends based on daily positive test counts.
- Model the seven-day rolling rate of infection per 100,000 population.
- Assess data reporting lags and completeness based on the note about recent days being provisional.
- Analyze the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic at different geographic scales within the UK.
Strengths
- Provides data at two geographic levels: the city of Leicester and the national level for England.
- Includes two key pandemic metrics: daily counts and a seven-day rate per 100,000 population.
- Sourced from the authoritative Government Digital Service.
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.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- Daily records (specific date range unknown)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Leicester (city) and England (country)