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Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (23 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	11,811	11,811
History	79	35,306
Origin	3,032	3,032
First wave	8,578	8,578
Second wave	15,607	15,607
Third wave	8,010	8,010
Responses	17	195
Government	80	80
Other sectors	98	98
Impacts	1,656	15,751
Health and life expectancy	6,138	6,138
Education	1,148	1,148
Economy	1,799	1,799
Society	288	288
Spread to other countries and territories	4,722	4,722
Statistics	284	15,671
Mathematical modelling and government response	10,820	10,820
International comparisons	4,567	4,567
See also	698	698
Notes	36	36
References	33	33
Further reading	1,254	1,254
External links	2,166	2,166
Total	82,921	82,921

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Empty graphs

In the statistics section, why are the first four graphs empty? I notice that the vertical axes appear coloured - is the data 'bunching' toward the left-hand side of the graphs for some reason, thus becoming indistinguishable from the vertical axes? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 17:29, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Empty graphs in an article - is it my browser/settings? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for English counties

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject COVID-19#Articles for English counties. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:27, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline (especially September 2019)

Any chance the timeline can be changed / corrected; especially the following paragraph:

"In November 2020 it was reported that a 66-year-old had experienced symptoms shortly after returning from holiday in Italy in September 2019, and his 44-year-old daughter had experienced similar symptoms. Scientists had previously speculated about COVID-19 in Italy as early as September 2019.[60]"

According to the mainpage and good sources, the first cases weren't until October 2019 at the earliest. Quoting a source via a less than reputable source as The Sun holds no scientific knowledge and is just plain incorrect and misleading information. 2A00:23C8:4F16:6201:B9C0:7083:5778:C1B2 (talk) 20:47, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add citations on the UK maps

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Hi, can you cite ncovtrack.com on the 2 UK maps and add the reference on the reference list? Cheers. On that note, I own ncovtrack.com which is the place where 2 images come from. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgek98 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done @Georgek98: Hi, your site is already cited as a source by the images, see the descriptions of File:UK_Coronavirus_Deaths_per_Local_Authority_as_of_the_20th_of_Jan_2021.png and File:UK_Coronavirus_Cases_per_Local_Authority_as_of_the_20th_of_Jan_2021.png (which you've contributed yourself, so should already be aware of that). I 've nevertheless added the reference directly in the article. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 22:39, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you RandomCanadian!