Announcement

Release notes:

• Announcement of the new service.

Essential updates

Release notes:

• Corrects the number description to the reflect the updated count.

Minor update

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• Adds announcement on changes to deaths data

Essential updates

Release notes:

• Corrects minor discrepancies in the moving average line for the cases graph

Essential updates

Release notes:

• Fixes the issue with download links in the Archives page.

Essential updates and general improvements

Release notes:

• Removes custom CSS and aligns layouts according to GDS guidelines (fixes. #148, #149, #150, and #158).
• Implements error boundary for graceful failure (with instructions on what to do).
• Addresses an issue that caused a crash in the Archives.

New feature and essential updates

Release notes:

• Adds rolling averages to the bar charts
• Fixes the issue with "table of contents" links in some pages.

Essential updates and improvements

Release notes:

• Implements a new data structure, reducing the data size for the landing page from ~600kb to ~27kb (partially fixes #62)
• Adds sorting feature to map tables (fixes #130)
• Retains the sorting preference when switching between different tabs
• Implements screen readable descriptions for the sort icons to ensure accessibility
• Increases the contrast of colours used in charts (fixes #145)
• Incorporates a new map style whose assets are served through our service and is extensively and permanently cached on the client side and in the CDN (partially fixes #62)
• Replaces map attribution with a React element for consistency

New features and essential updates

Release notes:

• Integrates rate into the map and the table
• Visualises the rate data as a choropleth
• Adds a new map layer for colour choropleth based on rate per 100k population
• Displays a distraction-free, minimalistic map
• Incorporates LTLA data into the map chart and the map
• Big numbers are now represented using h2 tags in a dedicated section (fixes #81)
• Adds small numbers using h3 tags in a dedicated section
• Death breakdown by nation is now represented using small number banner
• Adds the ability to change map visualisation between total cases and rate per 100k population
• Downloads the data for the map and its table in chunks to improve the loading time (also fixes #44)
• Improve the structure on IE and Edge (fixes #147 and #151)
• Reduces the width in About and Accessibility pages (fixes #88)
• Adds footer to the Regions page in mobile view (fixes #96)

Essential updates and improvements

Release note:

• Adds a "Back to top" link (issue #135)
• Creates responsive labels for the y-axes of the graphs (issue #134)
• Adds "main" role to the main section of the page to create a consistent area landmark for screen readers and improved accessibility (issue #79)
• Adds area label to the map to help screen readers (issue #80)
• Removes the offset value from the graphs for improved display on mobile screens (issue #139)
• Restores compatibility with IE - the styles may still appear inconsistent (issues #125 and #128)
• Improves the hierarchical structure of the pages for better accessibility
• Other minor fixes and improvements