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A dataset of the daily count of covid cases by age group in England downloaded from the UKHSA coronavirus API, and formatted for use in growthrates. A denominator is calculated which is the overall positive count for all age groups. This data set can be used to calculate group-wise incidence and absolute growth rates and group wise proportions and relative growth rates.

Usage

data(england_covid)

Format

A dataframe containing the following columns:

  • date (as.Date) - the date column

  • class (enum(00_04,05_09,10_14,15_19,20_24,25_29,30_34,35_39,40_44,45_49,50_54,55_59,60_64,65_69,70_74,75_79,80_84,85_89,90+)) - the class column

  • count (numeric) - the test positives for each age group

  • denom (numeric) - the test positives for all age groups

  • time (as.time_period) - the time column

Must be grouped by: class (and other groupings allowed).

No default value.

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