Daily Case Trends By Local Authority
Daily and cumulative counts and rates for positive COVID-19 cases, negative tests and deaths at Council area (local authority) level.
Please note that from 18 June, the data released includes testing results from the UK Government’s Regional Testing Centres, as well as data from NHS Laboratories, including historic test results.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | numeric | Date of specimens taken or patient date of death. | |
| CA | text | Council Area code, based on boundaries as at 1st April 2019. Council area (Local authority) is assigned based on ECOSS postcode, if ECOSS postcode is missing we will then use the postcode on Community Health Index database, if the postcode is blank after the previous attempts, no council area is assigned. | |
| CAName | text | Name of the Council Area (Local authority) | |
| DailyPositive | numeric | Daily number of positive COVID-19 cases. | |
| CumulativePositive | numeric | Cumulative number of positive COVID-19 cases. | |
| DailyPositivePCROnly | numeric | Total number of positive cases reported to each date, identified by PCR test | |
| CumulativePositivePCROnly | numeric | Total number of positive cases reported up to each date, identified by PCR test | |
| DailyPositiveLFDOnly | numeric | Total number of positive cases reported to date, identified by LFD test since 5th January 2022 | |
| CumulativePositiveLFDOnly | numeric | Total number of positive cases reported up to each date, identified by LFD test since 5th January 2022 | |
| DailyPositivePCRAndLFD | numeric | Total number of positive cases reported each date, identified by PCR and LFD (since 5th January 2022) | |
| CumulativePositivePCRAndLFD | numeric | Total number of positive cases reported up to each date, identified by PCR and LFD (since 5th January 2022) | |
| DailyDeaths | numeric | Daily number of COVID-19 deaths, defined as the total number of individuals who die within 28 days of a laboratory confirmed report of COVID-19 infection and are registered with National Records for Scotland. | |
| DailyDeathsQF | text | ||
| CumulativeDeaths | numeric | Cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths, defined as the total number of individuals who die within 28 days of a laboratory confirmed report of COVID-19 infection and are registered with National Records for Scotland. | |
| CumulativeDeathsQF | text | ||
| CrudeRateDeaths | numeric | Crude rate of total COVID-19 deaths per 100 000 population. | |
| CrudeRateDeathsQF | text | ||
| PositiveTests | numeric | Number of positive tests performed on this date. | |
| PositiveTestsLFDOnly | numeric | Total number of positive LFD tests reported on each date (since 5th January 2022) | |
| PositivePillar1 | numeric | Number of positive tests carried out by NHS Labs (Pillar 1) on this date. | |
| PositivePillar2 | numeric | Number of positive tests carried out by UK Gov testing programme (Pillar 2) on this date. | |
| FirstInfections | numeric | ||
| FirstInfectionsCumulative | numeric | ||
| Reinfections | numeric | ||
| ReinfectionsCumulative | numeric | ||
| PercentReinfections | numeric | ||
| PercentReinfectionsCumulative | numeric | ||
| TotalTests | numeric | Total number of tests reported to this date | |
| TotalPillar1 | numeric | Total number of tests carried out by NHS Labs (Pillar 1) reported to this date | |
| TotalPillar2 | numeric | Total number of tests carried out by UK Gov testing programme (Pillar 2) reported to this date | |
| TotalLFD | text | Total number of tests carried out by Lateral Flow Device reported to this date |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | August 10, 2022 |
| Metadata last updated | July 29, 2020 |
| Created | July 29, 2020 |
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