Covid-19 cases and control plan
Report published 15th December 2020
Data extracted covering testing up to 12 December 2020 show that the total number of confirmed cases for the last 7 days is 494, an increase of 56 cases on the previous week. The latest weekly rate of Covid-19 in Liverpool is 99.2 per 100,000 population and the latest positivity testing rate* is 2.1%. Of the 494 confirmed cases in the last 7 days, 126 (25.5%) were detected using Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) kits.
The majority of cases (53%) were in those aged under 40 years, whereas 30% cases were in those aged 40-59 yrs. Of all the confirmed cases in the last seven days 54% were female and 46% were male. Of those cases where ethnicity was given, 83% people were recorded as White British and 17% people were from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background.
Compared to the previous week, we have seen a slight increase in rates of new infections in the city, the current 7 days rate remains high.
The wards with the largest number of confirmed cases are Picton (30 cases), Riverside (28 cases), Central (26 cases), Wavertree (24 cases), Knotty Ash (24 cases), Kensington and Fairfield (22 cases), Princes Park (21 cases) and Norris Green (21 cases).
Between 7th-13th December 2020 there were 140 registered deaths in Liverpool, of which 17% (n=24) were Covid-19 deaths.
* Positivity rate = total number of positive tests from all tests carried out in the last 7 days
Source: Public Health England Covid-19 Situational Awareness Explorer
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Ward name | Total weekly cases | Total weekly lateral flow test cases |
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Allerton and Hunts Cross | 9 | <5 |
Anfield | 16 | <5 |
Belle Vale | 9 | <5 |
Central | 26 | 14 |
Childwall | 8 | <5 |
Church | 18 | 9 |
Clubmoor | 14 | <5 |
County | 11 | <5 |
Cressington | 11 | <5 |
Croxteth | 20 | <5 |
Everton | 17 | <5 |
Fazakerley | 20 | <5 |
Greenbank | 13 | <5 |
Kensington and Fairfield | 22 | 8 |
Kirkdale | 16 | <5 |
Knotty Ash | 24 | <5 |
Mossley Hill | 13 | <5 |
Norris Green | 21 | <5 |
Old Swan | 17 | <5 |
Picton | 30 | 14 |
Princes Park | 21 | 6 |
Riverside | 28 | <5 |
St Michael's | 15 | 6 |
Speke-Garston | 8 | <5 |
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft | 8 | <5 |
Warbreck | 14 | <5 |
Wavertree | 24 | 9 |
West Derby | 12 | <5 |
Woolton | 11 | <5 |
Yew Tree | 18 | <5 |
Total | 494 | 126 |