Data on COVID-19 virological test results — France

This dataset has been depreciated since mid-May 2022, the new format is available in these files: [Laboratory data for screening — SI-DEP](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/donnees-de-laboratoires-pour-le-depistage-a-compter-du-18-05-2022-si-dep/). This dataset provides information at the departmental and regional level: the number of people tested and the number of people declared positive by age group, daily. **Source**: Public Health France’s mission is to improve and protect the health of populations. During the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 epidemic, Public Health France is responsible for monitoring and understanding the dynamics of the epidemic, anticipating the various scenarios and implementing actions to prevent and limit the transmission of this virus on the national territory. The new screening information system (SI-DEP), which has been deployed since 13 May 2020, is a secure platform where the results of the testing laboratories (RT-PCR) carried out by all city laboratories and hospitals concerning SARS-COV2 are systematically recorded. The creation of this information system is authorised for a period of 6 months from the end of the state of health emergency by application of [Decree 2020-551 of 12 May 2020](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041869923) concerning the information systems referred to in Article 11 of Law No 2020-546 of 11 May 2020 extending the state of health emergency and supplementing its provisions. **Accuracy**: If several samples are reported for the same patient: * First date selection for pcr with the same result (e.g. first date if multiple negative pcr) * If pcr discordant in the same patient (N and P), the first positive pcr is retained. Exclusion of uninterpretable results **Limits**: * Only the biological tests of the people for whom the department of residence could be located are shown on the maps. Persons whose department could not be included in the SIDEP data are counted only at the whole France level. As a result, the sum of the tests indicated in the departments or regions is less than the number of tests indicated in France. * The lead time for testing may exceed 9 days in some cases. The indicators are adjusted daily according to the receipt of the results. **Enrichment**: \- addition of names of departments, INSEE codes and names of regions, ISO 3166 codes of covered areas.