The Government have added Royal Ascot and the second Test of England s series against New Zealand at Edgbaston to their list of pilot events where bigger crowds will be allowed than are currently permitted under stage three of the post-lockdown roadmap.
Next month s Test between England and New Zealand will welcome around 18,000 fans each day after being selected as the first of the government s latest test events.
Currently, outdoor venues are only permitted to be at 25% capacity, or 10,000 spectators, but the stadium will be 70% full for the match against the Black Caps when it takes place between 10-14 June.
The game will be played 11 days before Freedom Day when government hopes to lift all social distancing on June 21.
Now, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed to the Evening Standard that only 15 cases were reported as a result.
The events included the Brit Awards, the FA Cup final, an outdoor rave in Liverpool, and the World Snooker Championships, and were allowed to run as normal, without masks or social distancing.
Just four cases of Covid-19 occurred across the entire 17 days of the World Snooker Championships, staged indoors at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.
Meanwhile, zero cases were reported after the Brits, and there was only two cases after 5,900 people gathered at an outdoor music festival at Sefton Park in Liverpool.