Coronavirus in the UK
UK Government coronavirus data, including deaths and cases by region
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Health
- Data source
- public-apis + marcelscruz
- Documentation / URL
- https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/developers-guide
Overview
The UK government’s COVID-19 API (api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk) served official UK case, death, and testing data — the authoritative source during the pandemic.
⚠️ Status (verified 2026-08):
api.coronavirus.data.gov.ukis currently unreachable from our network (connection failures). The UK government wound down routine COVID data collection in 2023 — the API may be retired. Verify from your network before relying on it.
What it used to provide
curl "https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?filters=areaType=overview&latestBy=date"{ "length": 1, "maxPageLimit": 1000, "data": [ { "date": "2023-03-08", "areaName": "United Kingdom", "newCasesByPublishDate": 1234 } ] }Alternatives
- disease.sh (listed on this site) — global COVID data aggregator (verified live).
FAQ
Is the UK COVID API working? Our 2026-08 check could not reach it — verify availability from your network.
Was it free? Yes — official, free, and keyless.
Why might it be down? Routine UK COVID reporting ended in 2023; the API may have been retired.
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