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NSW COVID-19 tests by location

NSW Ministry of Health

COVID-19 tests by date and postcode, local health district, and local government area. The dataset is updated weekly on Fridays.

The data is for COVID-19 tests and is based on the Local Health District (LHD) and Local Government Area (LGA) of residence provided by the individual at time of testing. A surge in total number of people tested on a particular day may occur as the test results are updated in batches and new laboratories gain testing capacity.

The underlying dataset was assessed to measure the risk of identifying an individual and the level of sensitivity of the information gained if it was known that an individual was in the dataset. The dataset was then treated to mitigate these risks, including suppressing and aggregating data.

On 16 September 2021, NSW Health implemented a change in the way testing data is reported.

  1. We will discontinue publication of unit record test data file as the data will only be provided as an aggregated file
  2. The aggregated data file will only include negative tests. Positive tests (i.e. cases) will not be included.

Please note the COVID-19 tests dataset does not include registered positive rapid antigen test (RAT) information.

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Title NSW COVID-19 tests by location
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Data Status active
Update Frequency weekly
Landing Page https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/60616720-3c60-4c52-b499-751f31e3b132
Date Published 2020-06-11
Date Updated 2022-10-20
Contact Point
NSW Ministry of Health
datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Geospatial Coverage New South Wales (NSW81093)
Jurisdiction New South Wales Government
Data Portal Data.NSW
Publisher/Agency NSW Ministry of Health