Covid-19 cases and control plan

Report published 30th November 2020

Data extracted covering testing up to 27th November 2020 show that the total number of confirmed cases for the last 7 days is 495, a decrease of 374 cases on the previous week. The latest weekly rate of COVID-19 in Liverpool is 99.4 per 100,000 population and the latest positivity testing rate* is 1.3%.

Of the 495 confirmed cases in the last 7 days, 133 (26.9%) 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 (52%) were in those aged under 40 years, whereas 25% cases were in those aged 40-59 yrs. Of all the confirmed cases in the last seven days 55% were female and 45% were male. Of those cases where ethnicity was given, 81% people were recorded as White British and 19% 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 days rate remains 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 Fazakerley (33 cases), Central (31 cases), Picton (28 cases), Warbreck (27 cases), Kirkdale (27 cases), Anfield (24 cases), Riverside (24 cases) and Princes Park (23 cases).

Between 22nd - 28th November 2020 there were 114 registered deaths in Liverpool, of which 26% (n=30) 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 16 <5
Anfield 24 <5
Belle Vale 17 6
Central 31 <5
Childwall 7 <5
Church 13 <5
Clubmoor 10 <5
County 14 6
Cressington 13 <5
Croxteth 10 <5
Everton 21 <5
Fazakerley 33 6
Greenbank 7 <5
Kensington and Fairfield 9 <5
Kirkdale 27 7
Knotty Ash 12 <5
Mossley Hill 12 <5
Norris Green 10 <5
Old Swan 14 <5
Picton 28 6
Princes Park 23 <5
Riverside 24 8
St Michael's 7 <5
Speke-Garston 17 <5
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft 16 <5
Warbreck 27 9
Wavertree 11 <5
West Derby 15 7
Woolton 6 <5
Yew Tree 21 10
Total 573 162