Euro 2020 final ‘supercharged’ Covid cases in North East, says health chief

Mark Adams said cases were highest in the days after the final (Picture: Loredana Sangiuliano/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)The Euro 2020 final contributed towards a surge in coronavirus cases in the North East of England, a public health director has said.Mark Adams, joint director of public health for Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland – which have the highest rates of new cases in the country – said the match, which England lost on penalties to Italy, helped ‘sup