The situation today...

Tuesday 14 April 2020

The number of people confirmed as having corona virus has increased over the bank holiday weekend, as expected - but the number of people recovering has also gone up, to now reach 53.

At the start of a new week, which is expected to see another review of the lockdown measures across the Bailiwick, the latest statistics show 219 people have tested positive for the potentially fatal virus in the Bailiwick.

They are all thought to be resident in Guernsey, with no confirmed cases in Alderney, Sark or any of the other islands last week.

With more than 1700 people now having been tested for the virus, nearly 1500 people have been told they don't have it, while 79 people are still waiting for their test results.

Pictured: The latest statistics for corona virus in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, as at 16:30 on Bank Holiday Monday, 13 April. 

Six people are confirmed to have died having tested positive for covid-19 in Guernsey, while a further three people have been linked to the virus, and are listed as 'presumptive deaths'. That means they are believed to have been suffering from covid-19 but they hadn't been tested by the time of their death.

It's believed that all of the fatalities so far are in people aged above 80. Their names and other details are being kept confidential to respect their privacy.

The number of people in hospital remained static over the weekend, with nine people said to be having treatment at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, with none of them in ICU or needing a ventilator. 

Pictured: Dr Nicola Brink. 

Dr Nicola Brink and her team at Public Health were working over the Bank Holiday weekend, with the on island testing facility being used daily.

As well as testing samples, the Public Health Team spent the weekend contact tracing and trying to identify carriers of the virus who might not know they have it.

Andrew Bell is among the team working on the Bailiwick's corona virus response. 

Another bank holiday, another day the #GsyPublicHealth team are in trying to #FlattenTheCuve with testing, isolation and contact tracing. Simple concepts but hard work. @DrNicolaBrink

— Andrew Bell (@Gsy_Bell) April 13, 2020

Wednesday will mark three weeks since the Bailiwick of Guernsey entered lockdown, and at the time, Deputy Gavin St Pier said those measures would be reviewed after 14 days. Last week he said the situation would be reviewed on Saturday, 18 April, which is next weekend.

Any further information on that is likely to be conveyed at a public press briefing due to be held tomorrow, which will be streamed on the States Facebook page.