UK illness intelligence
Public health surveillance and search interest, clearly explained.
Influenza activity by region
England · UKHSA regional testing positivity
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Percentages describe the proportion of tested samples that were positive, not the percentage of people infected. Regional figures are not town-level estimates.
What Britain is searching
UK-wide · Google Trends relative search interest
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Scores are relative indices from one comparison of five terms, not numbers of searches or evidence of infections. These five terms are not a UK-wide top ten.
How to read Bugdar
UKHSA surveillancePublished healthcare and laboratory observations, with reporting delays.
Google search interestWhat people search for, which may also reflect news or public curiosity.
Coming nextAccurate regional heatmap, historical comparisons and broader illness coverage.