Covid-19 : Five New Positive Cases and Fifteen Recoveries on Monday 8 March

Five new positive cases of COVID-19 were identified on Monday 8 March.

This therefore brings the overall health figures for the Principality to 2,028 people affected by the Coronavirus since the beginning of the health crisis.

This evening, 40 people are being cared for at the CHPG:  29 patients, 20 of whom are residents, are hospitalised.  Moreover, this evening, 11 people, four of whom are residents, are in intensive care.

Today, there are 15 further recoveries to be noted.  The total number of people who have recovered thus amounts to 1,850.

This Monday evening, 58 people are being monitored by the Home Patient Follow-up Centre, which provides medical support to people with mild symptoms, who are invited to self-isolate at home.

In line with the practices adopted by the World Health Organization and neighbouring countries in this regard, these daily health assessment figures report only on resident persons affected by the Coronavirus.

The Prince's Government is also communicating the figures relating to testing.  These figures are as of yesterday, Sunday 7 March inclusive.

• Number of tests carried out on resident and non-resident patients between 1/3 and 7/3 inclusive:  5,045 PCR and antigen tests

• Rate of positive tests carried out on residents and non-residents:  4.48%
• Incidence rate, i.e. the number of positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the past seven days:  176.32 (last week 226.32)