You asked
Please provide the following data:
1) Daily cases and daily deaths
2) Daily cases and daily deaths broken down by ethnicity
3) Daily cases and daily deaths broken down by age group
4) Daily cases and daily deaths broken down by borough/county
We said
Thank you for your request.
Cases
The COVID-19 Infection survey is based on a nationally representative sample. To account for potential bias the results are adjusted to be more representative in terms of age, sex and region.
We then use statistical modelling techniques to estimate the number and rate of people testing positive for COVID-19. Please see the following dataset: Coronavirus Infection Survey. This accompanied our latest bulletin. Please find the following data for the period 26 April to 19 September:
- our modelled daily positivity rates on tab 1b
- our modelled daily positivity rates by age on tab 1g
- our modelled daily positivity rates by region on tab 1e
The following dataset: Coronavirus infections in the community in England accompanying our characteristics article on 18 August contains our latest information on ethnicity alone. Data is presented on tabs 8 and 9 and is for the period 26 April to 26 July.
Please note these are estimates from the COVID-19 Infection survey. The Department for Health and Social Care produce the number of confirmed daily cases including by local authority in their dashboard via the following link: Department of Health and Social Care – Coronavirus Cases in the UK. They may be better placed to answer any further queries you may have relating to COVID-19 cases.
Deaths
Please see the following link to our weekly deaths publication: Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional. This provides provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19). Within this publication, on table 6 COVID-19 registrations, you will find daily deaths by region.
Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide you with any further breakdown of daily COVID-19 death by ethnicity, age group and county. In order to fulfil this request, we would need use a high level of statistical skill and judgement in order to create a bespoke analysis or table. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information in order to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.
However, please see the following publications, which may be of use to you.
Please see the following publication: Weekly Death registrations and occurrences by local authority and health board. This provides Provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, including deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), by local authority, health board and place of death in the latest weeks for which data are available.
Please also see the following publication: Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths by ethnic group, England and Wales: 2 March 2020 to 15 May 2020. This provides deaths related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) by ethnic group, including death counts, age-standardised mortality rates, and hazard rate ratios by age, sex and ethnic group. This publication has a provisional update scheduled for 14 October 2020.