What's new
Last updated on Thursday, 13 February 2025 at 08:35pm
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: Change to metricEntry title: Regional data available for RSV testing
We’ve added a breakdown of weekly positivity by region. Please visit What's coming for more information on changes we’ll be making soon to allow users to see data for their local area.
- Entry category: New metricEntry title: New hospitalisation metrics added for influenza
In addition to admission rates to ICU/HDU, we’re now showing data for overall hospital admission rates.
- Entry category: Data issueEntry title: Issue: COVID-19 deaths data
Due to a data issue, COVID-19 deaths data are only available to 29th December 2023. We aim to resolve this as soon as possible.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Metrics documentation search functionality
We've added a search function to the metrics documentation. This offers the ability to search by key words and access metrics more quickly.
- Entry category: Data issueEntry title: Resolved: duplicated rows in bulk download files
We've fixed an error that was creating duplicated rows in files downloaded via the bulk download function. We appreciate the user feedback we received flagging this issue.
- Entry category: UpdateEntry title: Statement of compliance with Code of Practice for Statistics added
We've added a statement of voluntary compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statement outlines how the dashboard meets the requirements of the three pillars of the Code of Practice - trustworthiness, quality and value - to ensure that users can have confidence in the data.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: Metrics documentation added
We've added detailed information about available data metrics. This will cover:
- definition (what the metric is)
- rationale (why we’re showing the metric)
- methodology (how the metric is collected and calculated)
- caveats (additional information that will help users to understand what the metric is showing)
- Entry category: UpdateEntry title: Accessibility statement updated
We've added an accessibility statement to the footer of the UKHSA data dashboard. The statement outlines overall accessibility of the website as well as some of its parts that are non-compliant. We'll continue to test all pages in this service and will update the accessibility statement when anything changes.
- Entry category: New FeatureEntry title: COVID-19 Autumn 2023 vaccine booster data added to the dashboard
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 category: New FeatureEntry title: Bulk download functionality added to the dashboard
We’ve added a new page that brings in new functionality to allow users to download all the data from the dashboard charts. The bulk download will make it easier for users to analyse the dashboard data using their own tools. The data will be available in a zip file format.