Coronavirus in the UK

About Coronavirus in the UK

The UKHSA data dashboard shares public health data for England, covering topics such as respiratory viruses, healthcare-associated infections, and antimicrobial resistance. It presents this data through a dashboard interface with topic-based views, including metrics like COVID-19 case counts and hospital admissions, measles cases by week of symptom onset, and weather-related heat health alerts by region.

The dashboard includes sections on antimicrobial consumption (rates of antibiotic use in primary and secondary care) and antimicrobial resistance (such as glycopeptide resistance in E. faecium, carbapenem resistance in K. pneumoniae, and cephalosporin resistance in E. coli), tracked over time and broken down by region, age band, and gender group.

The service provides an API and metrics documentation for programmatic access to the underlying data. It is intended to inform public health decision making and is described as a beta service, with a feedback mechanism for users.

Key features

• Public health data dashboard covering respiratory viruses, healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance
• Tracks COVID-19 case and hospital admission trends over time
• Monitors measles cases by week of symptom onset
• Provides heat health alerts by region across England
• Reports antimicrobial consumption and resistance rates (e.g. E. coli, K. pneumoniae, E. faecium)

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