Covid-19 cases and control plan

Report published 17th November 2020

Data extracted covering testing up to 14th November 2020 show that the total number of confirmed cases for the last 7 days is 1367, an increase of 22 cases on the previous week. The latest weekly rate of Covid-19 in Liverpool is 274.5 per 100,000 population and the latest positivity testing rate* is 2%.

Of the 1367 confirmed cases in the last 7 days, 324 (23.7%) were detected using Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) kits. At an assumed Covid population prevalence of 2% in Liverpool, one in five LTF positive results will be false positive. They will require confirmatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing.

The majority of cases (51%) were in those aged under 40 years, whereas 28% cases were in those aged 40-59 yrs. Of all the confirmed cases in the last seven days 53% were female and 47% 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 decrease in rates of new infections in the city, however the current 7-day rate remains very high. The rate of new infections in older people is particularly worrying at the current very high level, resulting in increased pressure on hospitals and deaths from Covid for weeks to come.

The wards with the largest number of confirmed cases are Belle Vale (70 cases), Riverside (63 cases), Allerton and Hunts Cross (61 cases), West Derby (56 cases), Norris Green (55 cases), Fazakerley (53 cases), Woolton (52 cases), Croxteth (52 cases), Wavertree (50 cases), Childwall (50 cases) and Clubmoor (50 cases).

Between 10th-16th November 2020 there were 155 registered deaths in Liverpool, of which 37% (n=58) 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

Coronavirus cases in Liverpool by Ward
Ward name Total weekly total  Total weekly lateral flow test cases
Allerton and Hunts Cross 61 10
Anfield 39 8
Belle Vale 70 15
Central 42 11
Childwall 50 <5
Church 42 8
Clubmoor 50 10
County 27 9
Cressington 30 8
Croxteth 52 19
Everton 43 16
Fazakerley 54 14
Greenbank 43 7
Kensington and Fairfield 43 6
Kirkdale 45 10
Knotty Ash 44 <5
Mossley Hill 29 <5
Norris Green 56 14
Old Swan 38 13
Picton 44 16
Princes Park 47 24
Riverside 65 23
St Michael's 33 <5
Speke-Garston 49 12
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft 43 9
Warbreck 31 <5
Wavertree 51 16
West Derby 57 12
Woolton 52 <5
Yew Tree 48 11
Total 1,367 324