Metrics documentation

Last updated on Friday, 5 July 2024 at 02:01pm

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• COVID-19 weekly deaths

  This metric shows the weekly number of deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes.

  • Category: deaths
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_deaths_ONSByWeek

• COVID-19 daily new cases

  This metric shows the number of reported new cases for each day.

  • Category: cases
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_cases_casesByDay

• COVID-19 daily new patients

  This metric shows the daily count of confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital

  • Category: healthcare
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_healthcare_admissionByDay

• COVID-19 daily new deaths

  This metric shows the daily number of deaths of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes.

  • Category: deaths
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_deaths_ONSByDay

• COVID-19 cases 7-day average

  This metric shows the average number of cases over the 7 day period ending on the dates shown.

  • Category: cases
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_cases_countRollingMean

• COVID-19 weekly cases by lineage

  This metric shows the percentage of whole-genome sequenced cases attributed to each COVID-19 lineage group by week of specimen collection date.

  • Category: cases
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_cases_lineagePercentByWeek

• COVID-19 headline positivity latest

  This metric shows the percentage of the total number of PCR tests for COVID-19 taken in the last 7 days which had a positive result.

  • Category: headline
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_headline_positivity_latest

• COVID-19 healthcare admission rolling mean

  This metric shows the average count of admissions with confirmed COVID-19 over the 7 days up to and including the date shown

  • Category: healthcare
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_healthcare_admissionRollingMean

• COVID-19 deaths 7-day average

  This metric shows the average number of deaths in the 7 day period ending on the dates shown of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes.

  • Category: deaths
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_deaths_ONSRollingMean

• COVID-19 deaths 7 day totals

  This metric shows the total number of deaths in the last 7 days of people whose death certificate mentioned COVID-19 as one of the causes.

  • Category: headline
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_headline_ONSdeaths_7DayTotals