Local data, for local people

You can find statistics for your local area.

Prof Michie (UCL) asks:

Information is absolutely key. We need more data, not less data. Everybody should be able to know, for example, what is the prevalence of Covid in the neighbourhood?

These statistics exist, so this article looks at what people can see.

On the Public Health England dashboard, you can type in your postcode.

Using an example postcode (from Central North, Swindon), we get:

• The number of people testing positive, by swab date, in a seven-day period. For the seven days to 20th August, that is 45.
• The number per 100,000 people, based on a population estimate. That is 426, higher than the average for England.

On the same page, there are also local statistics for: