COVID HOTSPOT TRACKER

BRITISH RETAIL CONSORTIUM

MORE ‘LOCAL LOCKDOWNS’ ON THE HORIZON?

THE BRITISH RETAIL CONSORTIUM HAS PUBLISHED ITS LATEST COVID HOTSPOT TRACKER USING DATAFROM PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND, OFFERING AN UP-TO-DATE PICTURE OF THE REGIONS IN ENGLANDAND OFFERING SOME SENSE OF THE RISK OF A LOCAL LOCKDOWN IN ANY SPECIFIC AREAS.

The British Retail Consortium has published the latest version of its Covid Hotspot Tracker, covering the week from 27 July. The analysis is produced using data available via Public Health England (PHE) and is sourced from PHE’s Second Generation Surveillance System. Data is only currently available for England and its regions.

This report uses three measures to give some sense of the risk of a local lockdown in any one area: Currently measures included are:

NEW CASES: TOTAL NEW CASES DIAGNOSED THAT WEEK.

WEEK-ON-WEEK (WOW) VARIANCE: THE WEEK-ON-WEEK CHANGE BETWEEN THE CURRENT WEEK AND PRIOR WEEK.

ABSOLUTE WOW VARIANCE: THE DIFFERENCE IN CASE NUMBERS BETWEEN THE CURRENT AND PRIOR WEEK.

CURRENT PERIOD: WEEK 31, STARTING 27 JULY.

PRIOR PERIOD: WEEK 30, STARTING THE 20 JULY.

View new case data as an interactive map Additional sub-region data is available by emailing insight@brc.org.uk