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Covid-19 transmission in large crowds did not cause any detectable spread of the virus, research has confirmed.More than 13,000 people were in attendance as the city held two nightclub events, a music festival and a business conference at the end of April and beginning of May.Data shows that 11 people tested positive for coronavirus, though less than half of attendees sent back a PCR test to labs after the event.The trials have now been hailed as “undoubtedly a success” by Liverpool public health director Matt Ashton.The first stage of the government’s events research programme saw thousands of music lovers attending a series of pilot events in Liverpool over the May Bank Holiday weekend, where the likes of Fatboy Slim and Blossoms played

Covid-19 virus after cases in the city spiked.Last month, Liverpool was the first area in England to be plunged into the third tier of the government’s alert levels in the fight against the virus.Since the tier three order on October 14, the whole of England has been put back into lockdown – with new restrictions blanketing the country since Thursday 5 November.At its peak, cases of Covid-19 in the city were reported at 468 positive results per 100,000 people tested.And now the entire city – with a population of just under one million at 902,000 – is being tested with the aim of 50,000 tests per day.Liverpool director of public health Matt Ashton has reported that so far the results of the mass testing have been positive – after just one

Liverpool Council have launched an official inquiry to see if there is a link between the Liverpool’s Champions League tie with Atletico Madrid and the rising impact of coronavirus on the city.