Coronavirus: council information and support

On these pages, you will find guidance and resources from the LGA and our key partners, as well as the latest official Government information relevant to local government. For the very latest updates, please follow @LGAcomms and @LGAnews on Twitter.

Quick links

COVID-19 data from LG Inform

Cumulative vaccinations in your authority

Rolling weekly tracker overview for England

Rolling weekly tracker quick view for your local authority

Local authority report  showing the number and rates of all confirmed COVID-19 cases by authority, compared to others

England overview report showing the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths across England as a whole, and the top ten councils for number and rate of cases

Weekly deaths report providing a summary of Office for National Statistics (ONS) weekly deaths data

Care homes report focusing on deaths in care homes in particular

Vulnerable groups report providing estimates of local authority populations likely to be vulnerable to COVID-19

Area characteristics report comparing case rates across all local authorities to other factors at a local area level, such as deprivation.

Government information and support

• GOV.UK/coronavirus 
• Official UK Government website for data and insights on COVID-19
• COVID-19 guidance for local government
• NHS weekly COVID-19 vaccinations data (with breakdown of local area)
• MHCLG Local Digital Collaboration Unit: responding to the COVID-19 outbreak

Other information and support

• COVID-19 foresight and trend analysis

Information and guidance for councils

There is not a single area of local government that is not affected by the pandemic. The need for information and support on how to tackle the 'new normal' is understandably great. To help you navigate the situation, we have split our COVID-19 hub into four different areas, so you can easily find the information you need.