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The cold health alert is effective from 6pm on Fri 17 Jan until 9am on Tues 21 Jan for all regions except South West England. You can find out more information by checking our weather health alerts page.

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What's new

Last updated on Thursday, 15 August 2024 at 04:01pm

We regularly update the dashboard with new data and features. Here we'll show a timeline of changes that have happened outside of the weekly data refresh.

    • Entry category: Other
      Entry title: Publishing dates in January

      We will pause updates for the dashboard over Christmas and resume the first week of January. This means we will add new data from 2 January.

      Here are the days we expect to publish in January. Data for Influenza, RSV and other respiratory viruses will update on 3 January, when the report containing the data is published.

      • COVID-19 Testing data: 2 Jan
      • COVID-19 Cases data: 2 Jan
      • COVID-19 Vaccinations data: 2 Jan
      • RSV data: 3 Jan
      • Influenza data: 3 Jan
      • Other respiratory viruses data: 3 Jan
      • COVID-19 Deaths data: 9 January
      • COVID-19 Hospitalisations data: 9 Jan
      • Healthcare-associated infections data: 9 Jan
      • Measles data: 16 Jan
      • Cold Health Alerts won't be paused

    • Entry category: Update
      Entry title: Updates to how Weather Health Alerts display

      We have updated how Weather Health Alerts are displayed on the dashboard.

      On the homepage all regions are now grouped according to their alert status. Each alert status and colour is now clearly labelled.

      On the full screen map, we have added a key to the bottom left-hand corner of the map. This explains the alert status for each colour used (green for 'No Alert', yellow for 'Yellow Alert', amber for 'Amber Alert' and red for 'Red Alert'). You can show and hide the key on the map. We have also added UKHSA's logo in the top right-hand corner.

    • Entry category: Data issue
      Entry title: COVID-19 positivity update affected by technical issue

      On 11 November 2024, a data processing error led to a pipeline failure and prevented the COVID-19 positivity dataset from being produced.

      Following this failure, work has been undertaken to understand the root cause and reinstate the pipeline. We have also completed an investigation to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data published. Additional resilience has been added to the data processing.

      Publication of COVID-19 positivity is expected to resume on Thursday 5 December 2024.

      Positivity from a different source is published in the National Flu and COVID-19 Surveillance Report (Figure 6a).

    • Entry category: Change to metric
      Entry title: Measles data now updated monthly

      The severity of the measles outbreak has been downgraded. As a result, we will report measles data monthly rather than every 2 weeks.

      The next update will take place on Thursday 21 November.

    • Entry category: Update
      Entry title: COVID-19 autumn 2024 vaccination data added

      We've added data for the latest COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign to the dashboard. Overall uptake can be found on the homepage and more detailed breakdowns can be found on the COVID-19 topic page.

    • Entry title: Re-designed dashboard homepage

      We have made several changes to the UKHSA homepage to update its design and make it more user friendly.

      The homepage's layout is now grouped according to theme. You can now instantly see data for any outbreaks and respiratory viruses. We have updated the summary cards for each health topic to make the information clearer and easier to understand.

      The homepage now features a summary card for weather health alerts. This includes a map of England showing all the alerts currently in place across the country.

      In keeping with the latest design changes to GOV.UK, the homepage now includes a blue 'hero' banner at the top. The dashboard now stretches to the full width of your screen.

      We are keen to know what you think of the new changes. Please let us know using our feedback form.

    • Entry category: Update
      Entry title: Update to influenza hospital admission regions

      We have updated the way we present regional level influenza hospital admission rates. We have combined the 9 UKHSA Regions into 4 UKHSA Super Regions for:

      • North of England
      • South of England
      • Midlands and East of England
      • London

      Any data reported from 30 September will use these new larger regions. You will be able to filter data for previous seasons by either the 9 UKHSA Regions or the 4 UKHSA Super Regions.

      Influenza hospital admissions rates are based on a subset of trusts who voluntarily report. Participating trusts are distributed across England, but due to the voluntary nature of participation, some regions may have lower levels of trust participation. We have made this change to aid interpretation.

    • Entry category: Update
      Entry title: New measles charts

      We have updated the content on the dashboard's dedicated measles page. You can now view charts showing the proportion of cases in each age group, as well cases by UKHSA region. We have also added a new chart showing the number of cases attributed to each of the 25 upper-tier local authorities in England with the highest number of measles cases.

    • Entry category: New Feature
      Entry title: Change to the navigation menu on the UKHSA Data Dashboard

      We have changed the menu design on the dashboard. Previously, the menu was to the left of the data.

      Now, the menu can be accessed from a drop down at the top right. From here, you can access health topics, services and information.

    • Entry category: Update
      Entry title: Update to our public API

      We have launched a new version of our public API to make the data it returns easier to read. To help the transition, we will provide support for the old version of the API until Monday 14 October. You can access it through our Swagger documentation.

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