Health · head-to-head
Coronavirus in the UK vs Covid-19 Datenhub
The UK Health Security Agency's public data API — successor to the original coronavirus.data.gov.uk service, which now 301-redirects to ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk — serving case, death, hospitalisation, and vaccination figures for COVID-19 alongside other respiratory illnesses like flu and RSV, broken down by UK nation, region, and local authority. No API key is required; the dataset is organised into browsable themes, sub-themes, and topics from the root JSON endpoint, with COVID-19 confirmed live under infectious_disease/respiratory. The stored url is corrected to the current docs entry point since the old one now redirects here. A live GET against api.ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk returns Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving the stored 'unknown' cors to 'yes'.
Robert Koch Institute's ArcGIS Hub aggregating dozens of official German COVID-19 datasets — case, death, vaccination, and hospitalisation figures by Kreis and Bundesland — each independently queryable as a standard Esri ArcGIS REST Feature Service rather than through one unified endpoint. A live query against the flagship RKI_COVID19 FeatureServer (services7.arcgis.com) returns Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving the stored 'unknown' cors to 'yes'.
| Coronavirus in the UK | Covid-19 Datenhub | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | JSON |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |