National Testing Strategy

Pillar 1: swab testing in Public Health England (PHE) labs and NHS hospitals for those with a clinical need, and health and care workers

Pillar 2: swab testing for the wider population, as set out in government guidance

Pillar 3: serology testing to show if people have antibodies from having had COVID-19

Pillar 4: serology and swab testing for national surveillance supported by PHE, ONS, Biobank, universities and other partners to learn more about the prevalence and spread of the virus and for other testing research purposes, for example on the accuracy and ease of use of home testing

Covid-19 cases – pillar 1 and pillar 2

CONFIRMED CASES• 55 new lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases were detected in

Cambridgeshire (33) and Peterborough (22) in the latest reporting week, 10 - 16 Aug.

• The cumulative rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in Huntingdonshire (524.8) and Peterborough (759.4) remain statistically significantly higher than the national rate (490.0).

Weekly rates of lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19, up to reporting week 10-16 August 2020

Note: The lag in reporting might affect the numbers of lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases for the last reporting week (10-16 Aug).

Source: PHE, https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ data extracted Monday 17 August

CONFIRMED CASES - TREND

The 7 day rolling average of confirmed cases for Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, and each of the Cambridgeshire districts, shows a declining trend overall since the respective peak in Covid-19 cases.

Confirmed cases have increased in East Cambridgeshire (+5) compared to the previous week.

Key points

Cumulative numbers and rates of lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19

Rate per 100,000 resident population, crude rates calculated using mid year 2019 population estimates.This table includes numbers of laboratory-confirmed positive Covid-19 infections (‘cases’) identified in all testing settings (pillars 1 and 2). https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

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Cambridge 327 260.0 339 269.6 343 272.7 351 281.3 367 294.1

East Cambridgeshire 194 217.1 194 217.1 195 218.2 196 218.2 202 224.8

Fenland 481 473.9 488 480.8 498 490.7 499 489.9 506 496.8

Huntingdonshire 888 500.7 897 505.8 907 511.4 916 514.7 934 524.8

South Cambridgeshire 365 231.7 372 236.2 375 238.1 379 238.2 382 240.1

Cambridgeshire 2,255 346.1 2,290 351.5 2,318 355.8 2,341 358.2 2,391 365.9

Peterborough 1,385 688.9 1,424 708.3 1,471 731.7 1,504 743.6 1,536 759.4

East of England 24,227 390.7 24,563 396.1 24,924 401.9 25,287 405.5 25,643 411.2

England 254,519 454.7 258,475 461.8 263,602 470.9 269,011 477.9 275,834 490.0

Weekly numbers of lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 (most recent 8 recordings)

Area

22-Jun 29-Jun 06-Jul 13-Jul 20-Jul 27-Jul 03-Aug 10-Aug Total*

Cambridge 4 4 5 3 11 6 11 11 367

East Cambridgeshire 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 6 202

Fenland 10 6 6 7 9 7 5 3 506

Huntingdonshire 12 5 3 10 12 11 13 10 934

South Cambridgeshire 0 4 9 12 5 5 3 3 382

Cambridgeshire 28 22 23 34 37 30 33 33 2,391

Peterborough 46 38 67 44 40 46 33 22 1,536

Date, week starting

*The total numbers refer to the total of all confirmed positive Covid-19 cases from the week starting 2 Mar 2020 until the week starting 10 August 2020. For reference, the first recording point was the week starting 2 March. This table only shows the most recent 8 recording periods.

The lag in reporting might affect the numbers of lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases for the last reporting week (10-16 Aug).

Key Points

• 14th August– R rate: UK 0.8 to 1.0. East of England 0.7 to 0.9 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-r-number-in-the-uk

• 6th August– R rate: East of England is 0.81 (95% confidence interval, 0.61 to 1.02). https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/now-casting/

• For Cambridgeshire & Peterborough combined, the total number of lab-confirmed cases for the last reporting period (10th – 16th August) has decreased (55 compared to 66 in the previous week).

• The cumulative lab-confirmed rate per 100,000 in Huntingdonshire and Peterborough is statistically significantly higher than England - but the weekly cases and rates show a decline since the peak overall, though there is some variations in the weekly numbers across each area.

• Most confirmed cases have been seen in individuals aged 20 – 39.

• Most confirmed cases have been linked to outbreaks in workplaces which are contained or within households. Daily meetings are taking place within the LA to monitor these.

Local Schools Data: 10rd August – 16th August

• Due to schools being closed for the summer holidays, we have not been notified of any possible cases of COVID-19 or anyone isolating due to a contact* showing symptoms.

• Schools operating holiday clubs have been asked to report this via the Early Years Service.

• Since 20th July, 56 possible cases of COVID-19 have been reported to the Early Years Service with one of those receiving a positive result (child).

• During this reporting period (10th – 16th August), the Early Years Service have been notified of 17 possible cases of COVID-19 in Early Years Settings/Holiday Club provision. Of those 11 have received a negative test result, and 6 are still awaiting the results of the test. There have been 0 confirmed cases.

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