School pupils have had a tough year. For those with examinations, such as A-levels, it has been even tougher. The Department for Education decreed that A-levels and GCSEs should not take place due to the COVID crisis. This meant that an alternative way of allocating grades to students needed to be found. To set the …
Monthly archives: August 2020
Data Sources for COVID-19 in England – Letter from PHE to Local Authorities
I have received a copy of the following letter from Public Health England to Local Authorities setting out the data sources available to local authories and the public. The letter is dated 9 July 2020 and I have redacted certain information. This should be useful for people wishing to understand what data is (and was) …
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Data Sources for COVID-19 Analysis in England
Since the early Number 10 Downing Street press conferences, the data available to analyze the progression of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK has become somewhat fragmented. This is an overview of the major sources of data. coronavirus.data.gov.uk This shows data for testing, cases, healthcare, and deaths, updated daily. More detail is shown on each …
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