Coronavirus: Lancashire
(asked on 12th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 lateral flow tests have been carried out in (1) Lancashire, (2) Pendle and, (3) Burnley, each week since the mass testing programme using these tests started; and whether such tests are now available on request to members of the public whether or not they have COVID-19 symptoms.
The following table shows the number of tests carried out per week in Lancashire since mass testing in started on 21 October 2020.
Week commencing | Number of tests |
21 October 2020 | 1 |
26 October 2020 | 1 |
2 November 2020 | 35 |
9 November 2020 | 331 |
16 November 2020 | 347 |
23 November 2020 | 462 |
30 November 2020 | 4,998 |
7 December 2020 | 2,974 |
14 December 2020 | 3,065 |
21 December 2020 | 2,885 |
28 December 2020 | 3,582 |
4 January 2021 | 15,899 |
11 January 2021 | 23,439 |
18 January 2021 | 33,450 |
25 January 2021 | 50,844 |
1 February 2021 | 57,173 |
8 February 2021 | 53,088 |
15 February 2021 | 32,655 |
The following table shows the number of tests per week in Pendle since mass testing started on 7 November 2020.
Week Commencing | Number of Tests |
7 November 2020 | 2 |
9 November 2020 | 5 |
16 November 2020 | 5 |
23 November 2020 | 11 |
30 November 2020 | 139 |
7 December 2020 | 63 |
14 December 2020 | 334 |
21 December 2020 | 83 |
28 December 2020 | 435 |
4 January 2021 | 1,103 |
11 January 2021 | 1,351 |
18 January 2021 | 2,397 |
25 January 2021 | 3,169 |
1 February 2021 | 3,398 |
8 February 2021 | 3,354 |
15 February 2021 | 2,139 |
The following table shows the number of tests per week in Burnley since mass testing on 13 November 2020.
Week Commencing | Number of Tests |
13 November 2020 | 5 |
16 November 2020 | 5 |
23 November 2020 | 45 |
30 November 2020 | 149 |
7 December 2020 | 67 |
14 December 2020 | 460 |
21 December 2020 | 160 |
28 December 2020 | 157 |
4 January 2021 | 967 |
11 January 2021 | 1,836 |
18 January 2021 | 2,665 |
25 January 2021 | 3,678 |
1 February 2021 | 4,128 |
8 February 2021 | 3,872 |
15 February 2021 | 2,769 |
From 10 December 2020, rapid regular testing for people without symptoms of COVID-19 has been made available across the country with the eligibility of the community testing programme expanded to cover all 314 lower-tier local authorities.