Covid-19 cases and control plan

Report published 4th November 2020

Cases data from week 26th October - 1st November 2020

Data extracted covering testing up to 1st November 2020 show that the total number of confirmed cases for the last 7 days is 1641, a decrease of 535 cases on the previous week. The latest weekly rate of Covid-19 in Liverpool is 329.5 per 100,000 population and the latest positivity testing rate* is 13.6%.                                                                                       

There is now a widespread community transmission of the virus in Liverpool, with new positive Covid-19 cases recorded mainly in the working age population. 

The majority of cases (50%) 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 52% were female and 48% were male. Of those cases where ethnicity was given, 84% people were recorded as White British and 16% 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 Fazakerley (88 cases), Riverside (75 cases), Princes Park (74 cases), Clubmoor (73 cases), Everton (69 cases), Yew Tree (66 cases), Speke-Garston (64 cases), Wavertree (62 cases), Croxteth (61 cases) and Knotty Ash (60 cases). 

Between 28th October-3rd November 2020 there were 183 registered deaths in Liverpool, of which 43% (n=78) 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 Weekly total 
Allerton and Hunts Cross 58
Anfield 43
Belle Vale 47
Central 46
Childwall 50
Church 39
Clubmoor 73
County 40
Cressington 48
Croxteth 61
Everton 69
Fazakerley 88
Greenbank 44
Kensington and Fairfield 44
Kirkdale 51
Knotty Ash 60
Mossley Hill 36
Norris Green 53
Old Swan 48
Picton 55
Princes Park 74
Riverside 75
St Michael's 37
Speke-Garston 64
Tuebrook and Stoneycroft 56
Warbreck 56
Wavertree 62
West Derby 53
Woolton 45
Yew Tree 66
Total 1641