The situation today...

Monday 11 May 2020

There are now just 12 active cases of covid-19 in Guernsey, with three of those patients receiving hospital treatment over the weekend.

None of those three who were at the PEH yesterday needed intensive care support, while the other nine patients are all being cared for at home.

The number of active cases has declined over the last week - while the number of positive tests has remained static at 252 for ten days in a row now.

The latest statistics released by the States of Guernsey show all of the positive cases remain in Guernsey, with none in Herm, Sark or Alderney.

19 people were waiting for test results yesterday - while in total nearly three and a half thousand people have tested negative for the virus since March.

Pictured: The latest data released by the States.

The number of active cases of covid-19 in the Bailiwick is now at the lowest level it's been since the middle of March, just a week after the first patient tested positive for the virus.

That patient is believed to have returned from holiday in Tenerife - while soon after that a cluster of cases was confirmed in a party returning from a ski trip to Europe.

Guernsey closed the Bailiwick's borders before the end of the month, with a strict lockdown imposed on March 25.

Since then the island has "squashed the curve" according to Director of Public Health, Doctor Nicola Brink - but she has warned against complacency.

Good news again today. Day 10 with no new cases. Thank you to everyone for their hard work and sacrifice to get us to this point. We can’t be complacent but we can be very pleased. #GuernseyTogether https://t.co/KEvd8wNWWE

— Nicola Brink (@DrNicolaBrink) May 10, 2020

The number of people being tested has continued to rise over the Bank Holiday weekend, with an average of 60 tests a day still being carried out.

The Bailiwick remains in lockdown though, with Sark seeing further relaxation in light of the fact there are no confirmed corona virus cases there.

In Guernsey, more people are expected to return to work this week, and people are now allowed outside of their homes for up to four hours a day.

The next planned public press briefing will be streamed live on Friday 15 May, with further information on the next stage of relaxing the lockdown measures expected then.

Pictured top: Dr Nicola Brink.