According to official information, almost 2000 corona cases in Scotland can be linked to games of the European football championship.
Two thirds of those who tested positive in 1991 were fans who, contrary to advice from the north, traveled to London to play games, as the health authority Public Health Scotland announced on Wednesday.
On June 18, the Scots played England in London.
As the British newspaper The Guardian reports, 2,600 of a total of 22,500 tickets were sold to Scottish fans for the game.
15 percent, or almost 400 Scottish fans, were infected in the stadium, while thousands more fans populated the streets and squares in the city center.
The infection numbers relate to those who tested positive who attended EM games or fan events during their contagious phase - between June 11th and 28th.
According to the authority, three quarters of those infected were between 20 and 39 years old, nine out of ten were men.
On that day, a total of 3887 positive tests were reported in Scotland, the highest daily value in the north of Scotland since the pandemic began.
The round of 16 between Germany and England on Tuesday took place with almost 45,000 spectators in front of the largest audience to date. Distance and masks were a rarity at Wembley Stadium. How many fans and observers got infected there will be shown in the coming weeks. The semi-finals and the final are to take place at Wembley Stadium in front of up to 60,000 fans.