COVID-19 Infection Survey in the UK
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Summary
The COVID-19 Community Infection Survey monitors rates and prevalence of COVID-19 amongst a community sample of participants in areas across the UK.
Description
The COVID-19 Infection Survey was launched in England in mid-April 2020. Working with the University of Oxford, University of Manchester, Public Health England, Wellcome Trust, IQVIA and the Lighthouse Laboratories at the UK Biocentre Milton Keynes and Glasgow, its aim is to provide information on how many people across the UK have COVID-19 infection at a given point in time, either with or without symptoms and how many are ever likely to have had the infection. The purpose of this dataset is to understand the prevalence of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom population, using longitudinal data and including not only cross-sectional data but the inclusion of an antibody test for a sub-sample of people. Demographic information is also included allowing for analysis by different variables to identify patterns and trends. The COVID-19 Community Infection Survey includes information on: How many people across England and Wales (extending to Scotland and Northern Ireland) test positive for COVID-19 at a given point in time, regardless of whether they report experiencing symptoms; The average number of new infections per week over the course of the study; The number of people who test positive for antibodies, to indicate how many people are ever likely to have had the virus; Key demographic information (sex, age, occupation). The dataset includes test results from nose and throat swabs and antibody test results to allow the calculation of prevalence and incidence rates of new COVID19 infection rates, as well as key demographic information. No personally identifiable information is included. This is an extract taken from the 2000250 CIS project in the SRS after all the constituent datasets from the labs and IQVIA have been combined and processed.
About this data
- Data creator
- Office for National Statistics
- Temporal coverage
- 26 April 2020 to 27 March 2023
- Frequency
- Biweekly
- Dataset theme
- Health
- Restrictions for access
- Limited to specific individuals
- Project approval
- Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
- Search keywords
- Behaviour COVID-19 Demography Health and wellbeing
Metadata
Metadata
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Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
- Health
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Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
- Survey
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Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
- UK
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Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
- 26 April 2020 to 27 March 2023
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FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
- Biweekly
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Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
- Region
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Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
- Office for National Statistics
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Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
- University of Oxford
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Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
- Restricted
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Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
- Standard disclosure rules apply
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Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
- Limited to specific individuals
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Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
- Research outputs must be sent to the data owner
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Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
- Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
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Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
- A disclaimer must be published with research outputs
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AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
- CIS
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IDS Business Catalogue identifierThe identifier for this dataset resource
- 0.0200
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ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
- COVID-19 Infection Survey