COVID-19 Positive Tests by Age Band and Week in Leicester

Leicester City Council provides weekly counts and rates per 100,000 of COVID-19 positive tests segmented by broad age bands. The dataset is updated weekly, with previous weeks' data subject to revision upon refresh. Population figures from ONS Mid Year Estimates 2019 are used to calculate rates.

Use Cases

• Track weekly infection trends based on the weekly number of positive tests.
• Compare infection rates across age groups based on the rate per 100,000 population.
• Monitor the impact of public health interventions over time based on weekly time-series data.
• Assess disease burden on specific demographics like 'Age 60 plus' based on the provided age bands.

Strengths

• Provides population denominators for rate calculation, including specific figures for four age bands and a total of 354,224.
• Data is updated weekly, suggesting regular maintenance.
• Includes both raw counts and normalized rates per 100,000 population.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data from a single UK city.

Provenance

Source

Leicester City Council

Freshness

Updated weekly; last metadata update was 2026-06-17.

Geography

Leicester, UK