Extracts daily COVID-19 data for the UK, stratified by region and nation. Data source:
get_uk_regional_cases_only_level_1(nhsregions = FALSE, release_date = NULL)
Return subnational English regions using NHS region boundaries instead of PHE boundaries. Also means that subnational English hospital admissions are "first admissions", excluding re-admissions. Defaults to FALSE
Date data was released. Default is to extract latest release. Dates should be in the format "yyyy-mm-dd".
A data frame of daily COVID cases for the UK by region, to be further processed by get_regional_data()
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