Sefton Covid-19 cases increase again as numbers rise sharply in Liverpool

Andrew Brown
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A sign posting towards the Covid-19 / coronavirus testing site on Corporation Street in Southport

Cases of people with Covid-19 have risen slightly in Sefton but have shot up in Liverpool, with the city facing the prospect of a local lockdown. 

Numbers have been rising across Merseyside over the past few days with Sefton, Liverpool, Wirral, Knowsley and Wirral last week placed on the Government’s Coronavirus Watch List. 

Sefton Council Chief Executive Dwayne Johnson is urging people with symptoms to get tested and to do all they can to help stop the spread of coronavirus. 

Sefton’s rate of infection is around half that of Liverpool, although cases are on the increase.

Sunday’s update of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of Covid-19 for every local authority area in England shows that cases in Sefton have risen over the course of a week from a rate of 32.2 cases per 100,000 (89 cases) to 44.5 per 100,000 (123 cases). 

In Liverpool however cases have jumped from a rate of 32.9 per 100,000 (164 cases) to 85.1 (424 cases). 

Dwayne Johnson Tweeted earlier: “Another increase today but not at levels yet of other areas so please Sefton people get tested EVEN if you have mild symptoms at Southport and Bootle Town Hall.

“Wear a mask, socially distance and wash hands.

“We want Schools and businesses open and vulnerable people safe.” 

Liverpool now has a rate of infection higher than some areas such as Caerphilly where extra measures are now in place.

Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson Tweeted: today: “Liverpool has now reached the level of 80 per 100,000 people testing positive for Covid-19. With the R rate nearing 1.3%.

“An increase of 100 people in the last 24 hours total now at 410.

“A real worry and concern that unless we all take this seriously we could face a City Lockdown.”

Today’s Covid-19 figures for local authority areas within Merseyside are: 

Knowsley 86.2 (130), 30.5 (46)

Liverpool 85.1 (424), 32.9 (164)

Wirral 81.2 (263), 46.9 (152)

Salford 80.7 (209), 65.3 (169)

St. Helens 79.7 (144), 25.5 (46)

Sefton 44.5 (123), 32.2 (89)

The figures, for the seven days to September 10, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government’s testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).

The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.

In Bolton, 552 new cases were recorded in the seven days to September 10 – the equivalent of 192.0 per 100,000 people. This is the highest rate in England and it is up from 126.2 in the seven days to September 3.

Blackburn with Darwen has the second highest rate, up from 61.5 to 118.2 with 177 new cases.

Hyndburn is in third place, where the rate has risen from 43.2 to 114.8, with 93 new cases.

Two other areas currently have rates higher than 100 cases per 100,000: Oadby and Wigston (114.0, up from 24.6) and Preston (102.0, up from 61.5).

Cities recording sharp increases include:

– Sunderland (up from 34.2 to 94.3, with 262 new cases)

– Birmingham (up from 53.0 to 88.8, with 1,014 new cases)

– Liverpool (up from 32.9 to 85.1, with 424 new cases)

– Manchester (up from 54.3 to 77.4, with 428 new cases)

– Leeds (up from 48.4 to 69.8, with 554 new cases)

The list has been calculated by the PA news agency and is based on Public Health England data published on September 13 on the Government’s coronavirus dashboard.

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