COVID-19 Wastewater by Local Authority
Weekly COVID-19 wastewater RNA values by Local Authority
More detailed metadata is available from the Metadata tab of the PHS Viral Respiratory Diseases Surveillance dashboard.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | text | This represents the respiratory season that the test positivity figure relates to. A season runs from week 40 to week 39 the next year. | |
| ISOyear | numeric | The ISO year that the count relates to. | |
| WeekBeginning | numeric | This represents the week start date. This is stored as a numeric in the format CCYYMMDD. | |
| WeekEnding | numeric | This represents the week end date. This is stored as a numeric in the format CCYYMMDD. | |
| LAcode | text | Local Authority code of relevant wastewater treatment works | https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/geography-codes-and-labels |
| LAName | text | Local Authority of relevant wastewater treatment works | |
| Average(Mgc) | text | Local Authority weekly average wastewater viral RNA level in million gene copies per person per day (Mgc/p/d). | |
| Average(Mgc)QF | text | Qualifier for Average | |
| PercentCoverage | numeric | Wastewater coverage is given as percentage of local authority inhabitants covered by a wastewater RNA sampling site delivering data during the relevant period |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | April 23, 2026 |
| Metadata last updated | February 6, 2025 |
| Created | February 6, 2025 |
| Format | text/csv |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| created | over 1 year ago |
| datastore active | True |
| format | CSV |
| has views | True |
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| last modified | 7 days ago |
| mimetype | text/csv |
| on same domain | True |
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| position | 19 |
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| size | 606.3 KiB |
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| url type | upload |