COVID-19: What is the situation in Northern Ireland?
What is the situation in Northern Ireland?
18 April 2020
The Public Health Agency Health Protection surveillance team has established surveillance systems which are used to monitor COVID-19 activity in Northern Ireland. The systems allow us to monitor trends, inform public health measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, and to measure the impact of public health measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission in both hospital and community settings.
As of 18 April at 9:30am testing has resulted in 148 new positive cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Northern Ireland to 2,486.
To date, 193 people who tested positive have sadly died.
The Public Health Agency COVID-19 advice page can be found here. Surveillance reports can be found here.
Information sources
As this situation is rapidly changing the most up-to-date guidance can be found on the Public Health England website: www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance
Advice for medical professionals can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/wuhan-novel-coronavirus
For information on guidance for healthcare professionals on COVID-19 infection in pregnancy see: https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/guidelines/coronavirus-pregnancy/
Coronavirus (COVID-19): latest information and advice: www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public
For further information on coronavirus see: www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
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