Liverpool #COVID19 Community Testing: 18th Jan 2021 update

The pilot is over but Liverpool are still rolling out lateral flow tests in some form or another. Here's the weekly breakdown from 14th Dec.

CB = Christmas Break

Data: https://liverpool.gov.uk/communities-and-safety/emergency-planning/coronavirus/cases-control-and-testing/cases-by-area/ 1/5
Weekly LFT fraction of +ves, for those areas not affected by small number suppression:

No more low numbers so can see the fractions in all areas now

30% of Belle Vales cases were identified by asymptomatic testing last week. Mean of 21% across all areas 2/5
After Liverpool was placed in Tier 2 following the 2nd National Lockdown cases started to edge up. Though, the post Christmas period saw cases tower over the 2nd wave.

Currently cases are now falling, although they are still at high levels. Hoping this trend continues 🤞

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Most recent weekly positivity of both symptomatic PCR testing and asymptomatic Lateral flow testing. Both positivities now falling, though PCR's at a much slower rate.

Data: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk 

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If we histogram the proportion of daily cases found by asymptomatic lateral flow testing since the initiative begin on 6th November, we get a mean at around 30%.

Last reported date (15th Jan) was 25.2%

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