is currently under review. statement from hm government: "the secretary of state has today, 17 july, asked phe to urgently review their estimation of daily death statistics. currently the daily deaths measure counts all people who have tested positive for coronavirus and since died, with no cut-off between time of testing and date of death. there have been claims that the lack of cut-off may distort the current daily deaths number. we are therefore pausing the publication of the daily figure while this is resolved." after a review, the way daily death figures are calculated was changed. the daily death figures now only includes cases where a death occurred within 28 days of a positive test. a backlog of positive test results from the previous week are included in this figure. statement from public health england: "due to a technical issue, which has now been resolved, there has been a delay in publishing a number of covid-19 cases to the dashboard in england. this means the total reported over the coming days will include some additional cases from the period between 24 september and 1 october, increasing the number of cases reported." includes a backlog of 141 deaths. statement from hm government: "due to a processing update, 141 historical deaths within 28 days in england were excluded from the published data on 21 november. this issue was corrected for data published on 22 november, which included deaths omitted on 21 november within the total and daily number of newly reported deaths for 22 november." includes a backlog of about 11,000 positive test results from wales. statement from hm government: "the number of new uk cases reported on 17 december 2020 includes around 11,000 previously unreported cases for wales as a result of system maintenance in the nhs wales laboratory information management system." 3 march: 172 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were added to scotland and uk totals. 13 march: daily counts of deaths in england rely on multiple data sources. on 13 march 2021 there was a delay in receiving this information from one of these sources. this might have a small impact on the total number of deaths reported on that date. this delay will be reflected on the numbers published on 14 march 2021. 31 march: during the easter period, the covid-19 dashboard will be updated every day, but the amount of data being updated will vary. 9 april: change to case reporting in england 18 may: 4,776 additional cases from england were removed 19 may: further 561 additional cases from england were removed 20 may: further 180 additional cases from england were removed because of a public holiday, no data has been updated for wales and only headline cases, vaccinations and deaths are available from northern ireland. because of a network issue at public health wales on 8 october 2021, cases and deaths within 28 days of positive test were reported after the uk dashboard was updated. because of technical issues at public health wales yesterday, the cases and deaths reported today cover a 72-hour period. deaths data was not received from nhs england on 1st november 2021. this means that two days’ worth of data from this data source are potentially included in today’s figures. public health scotland (phs) are investigating a processing issue with uk government pillar 2 lab tests contributing to lower than expected cases. this means reported case numbers for scotland on 4 december 2021 are likely lower than would have been expected. issue with cases by test type – because of a processing issue, positive lateral flow tests followed by a negative pcr test in england were not removed on 20 dec 2021. today's figures include removals for 2 days. the covid-19 dashboard will not be updated on 25-26 december 2021. daily reporting will resume on 27 december 2021. the availability of data will vary over the festive period. incomplete data for deaths due to holidays – no data have been reported for scotland and northern ireland. newly reported figures from northern ireland for testing, cases and deaths reflect the difference in totals reported on 29 december and those last published by northern ireland on 24 december 2021. figures for cases and deaths are available by specimen date and date of death respectively. retrospective report date figures for each day from 25 to 28 december are not available. today’s death figures include a backlog of hospital deaths reported overnight by nhs england covering the period 24th⁠–⁠29th december. cases and deaths data are only included for england. data for scotland, wales, and northern ireland will be updated after the holidays. cases and deaths data are only included for england and wales. data for scotland and northern ireland will be updated after the holidays. cases data only include figures for england and scotland. deaths data only include figures for england newly-reported figures of tests conducted, cases and deaths for northern ireland cover a 4-day period, and for wales cover a 2-day period. newly-reported figures for cases in scotland are only available at national level. data for deaths in scotland have not been updated. the uk total therefore includes only newly-reported deaths in england, northern ireland and wales. figures for cases and deaths by specimen date and date of death have been updated for england, northern ireland and wales. today’s death figures include a backlog of hospital deaths reported overnight by nhs england covering the period 1⁠–4 january. deaths with covid-19 on the death certificate registered in the week ending 24 december 2021 are only available for england and wales. the uk total number includes england and wales only. the office for national statistics (ons) has corrected the number of deaths with covid-19 on the death certificate for the week ending 24 december 2021. some deaths were not included in the published figures because of an issue with the ons automated coding system. from 6 january in northern ireland, scotland and wales, and 11 january in england, people with positive lateral flow results for covid-19 need to report their result but don’t need to take a confirmatory pcr test unless they develop covid-19 symptoms. this is a temporary measure while covid-19 rates remain high across the uk as the vast majority of people with positive lateral flow test results can be confident that they have covid-19. scotland cases include pcr tests only. figures for cases, deaths and vaccinations that were not reported from scotland yesterday have been retrospectively added to the totals for 16 january 2022. the missing data have also been added to the uk figures for 16 january. because of a processing issue, deaths with covid-19 on the death certificate have not been updated for all areas. cases figures do not include data from scotland scotland cases that were not reported over the weekend have been retrospectively added to the scotland and uk totals for 22 and 23 january 2022. one death has been removed from the cumulative number of reported deaths within 28 days of positive test in northern ireland following validation. public health scotland has noted that the cumulative number of deaths within 28 days of positive test in scotland is one fewer than the day before. from 31 january 2022, ukhsa will move all covid-19 case reporting in england to use a new episode-based definition which includes possible reinfections. figures for new positive pcr cases in scotland are not available at the weekend. northern ireland did not publish an update to reported cases and deaths within 28 days of a positive test in time for inclusion in the uk dashboard. figures will be added in a future release. figures for first episodes (equivalent to the pre-31 january 2022 case definition) and possible reinfections by specimen date have been added for england plus regions and local authorities within england. from 31 january, ukhsa covid-19 case reporting has changed to an episode-based definition which includes possible reinfections. deaths within 28 days of positive test and deaths within 60 days of positive test will also be updated on 1 february to include deaths following the most recent episode of infection using the new episode-based case definition in england. deaths definition in england updated to align with revised cases definition. from 31 january 2022, ukhsa covid-19 case reporting has changed to an episode-based definition which includes possible reinfections. figures for cases, deaths and tests conducted that were not reported from scotland yesterday have been retrospectively added to the totals for 2 february 2022. the missing data have also been added to the uk figures for 2 february. positive rapid lateral flow test results are included in cases for scotland. historical cases by report date have not been revised, so there has been a step increase in the cumulative numbers of cases. because of the new case definition for scotland, underlying data files for cases and deaths have changed structure. as of 20 february 2022, public health wales have moved to a five day reporting period for covid-19 surveillance. this means that there will be no reporting of the daily figures for wales on weekends. from the week of 21 february 2022, the uk health security agency will stop publishing dashboard updates at weekends. the dashboard will be updated as usual from monday to friday. daily cases and deaths by report date published on mondays will include figures from the weekend. these will not be separated out to show daily figures for saturday and sunday. from 1 march 2022, multiple infection episodes are included in cases for scotland: cases include both new infections and possible reinfections; deaths following possible reinfection are reported; cases by specimen date and deaths by date of death have been revised back to the beginning of the pandemic; historical cases and deaths by report date have not been revised, so there has been a step increase in the cumulative number of cases of around 60,000 and in the number of deaths of 75. due to a technical issue affecting one route of reporting to ukhsa, the number of covid-19 deaths may be lower than otherwise expected. this is anticipated to be a temporary limitation, and any delayed reporting will be resolved in the coming days. a technical issue affecting one route of reporting to ukhsa reported on 2 march has been fixed. today's deaths figures by report date include some deaths that would have been reported on that date. an additional 13,774 historic cases have been included in today's cumulative case total for scotland. these are positive rapid lateral flow test (lfd) results that were reported via the scottish government lfd portal between 6 january 2022 and today. due to a technical issue, public health scotland (phs) has been unable to provide updated data on cases, deaths, tests, hospital admissions and vaccinations. uk totals therefore only include updates from england, northern ireland and wales. because of the technical issue affecting public health scotland reporting yesterday, today's newly-reported cases, deaths and tests cover new reports since 12 march. newly-reported vaccinations cover the period since 11 march. case figures reported by public health scotland today cover less than a 24-hour period. a reoccurrence of the technical issue from earlier in the week means data has not been received since 8pm on 15 march 2022. because of a public holiday in northern ireland, data have only been updated for cases, deaths and vaccinations by report date.case figures reported by public health scotland today cover less than a 24-hour period. a reoccurrence of the technical issue from earlier in the week means data has not been received since 2pm on 16 march 2022. case figures reported by public health scotland today cover more than a 24-hour period, due to technical issues from earlier in the week. data covers cases reported from 2pm on 16 march 2022 and those reported on 17th march 2022. 6 deaths within 28 days of a positive test have been removed from the cumulative total for scotland. changes to test details mean they are no longer classed as deaths within 28 days of positive test. these changes affect the scotland and uk cumulative totals. the availability of free covid-19 tests in england changed on 1 april. information on who can access free tests has been published by ukhsa. changes to patient testing in the nhs in