Northern Ireland Coronavirus-6 months later

The first case of coronavirus in Northern Ireland was confirmed by the Public Health Service in February.

The first death was announced within a month. To date, a total of 560 deaths have been recorded by the Department of Health.

By Friday 21 August, there were a total of 871 deaths associated with Covid-19 according to the Northern Ireland Bureau of Statistics (Nisra).

The number of departments mainly reflects hospital deaths and where patients were virus-positive, but Nisra’s weekly figures show that all deaths for which coronavirus was recorded on the death certificate Covers.

BBC News NI looks back on the last six months when the coronavirus dominated the headlines.

of The first case of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland was diagnosed in a woman on February 27, 2020.. She was in northern Italy and was flying to Dublin Airport before moving to Northern Ireland.

Authorities revealed that the patient had putative positive results, which was confirmed in a British laboratory.

The first confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in Northern Ireland were March 19, 2020.

An old man with an underlying condition was being treated at a hospital in the Belfast area.

At this early stage of the pandemic, Health Minister Robin Swan described the magnitude of the impending surge as “biblical”.

“It’s a nightmare, a worst-case scenario,” he added, with 14,000-15,000 deaths possible.

As the school in the Republic of Ireland was closed on March 13, the first signs of the department’s response to the crisis appeared within the Government of Northern Ireland.

Twelve hours after the executive issued an agreed response to keep the school open, Deputy Prime Minister Simfein Michel O’Neill broke class and claimed the school should be closed immediately..

All schools in Northern Ireland were closed on Monday, March 23, for five months.

A widespread stockpile of food items became a concern during the first few weeks of the blockade, and Economic Minister Diane Dodds said it was “quite tough”.

On March 28, executives announced an unprecedented set of emergency regulations It matched Northern Ireland with the rest of Britain.

They included the power of police to act on people who left home without a “reasonable excuse” and impose a fixed fine of up to £5,000.

Business owners may also be fined if they refuse to close the store.

As the people have worked on such new terms, R number Infection of the community, The headline was the supply of PPE, a personal protective equipment.

As early as April 2, the health union sought a response from Robin Swan and the Department of Health on the apparent lack of PPE.

On April 11, the minister announced that he had formally requested the military to assist in dealing with the pandemic.

Government actions to enhance health services at the beginning of the pandemic focused on increasing bed capacity in the intensive care unit, providing ventilation, and establishing the Nightingale Hospital.

But what emerged as one of the hidden stories of the Covid crisis in Northern Ireland was a nursing home.

At the end of May, the Northern Ireland Bureau of Statistics (Nisra) Residents of nursing homes accounted for more than half of the Covid-19-related deaths in Northern Ireland.

At peak times, 72 nursing homes experienced Covid-19. An outbreak is defined when two or more cases are confirmed in a care facility within 14 days by either a resident or staff.

The department reappeared on top of the board at the end of June. Deputy Prime Minister Michel O’Neill attends a funeral leading the Republican Bobby Story..

Prime Minister Arlene Foster asked Mr. O’Neal to “stand aside.”

Vice President Sinfein apologized, “I’m sorry to grieve a wounded family,” but claimed to have acted within the executive’s coronavirus guidelines.

In August, executives were put on face masks in an effort to contain the virus. Required in shops and other closed public spaces..

Since the exam was canceled due to Covid-19 lockdown, A-level results were calculated by combining the teacher-predicted score with the Department of Education algorithm.

Education Minister Peter Weir forced an embarrassing u-turn When more than one-third of teachers’ estimated grades were reduced in the final results published on August 13..

Four days later he was a student Awarded the highest grade predicted by the teacher or awarded using the algorithm.

“Still the biggest health crisis”

As summer approached the end and the school began an extensive process of reopening in five months for the first time, Health Minister Robin Swan warned that the pandemic had not yet disappeared.

On August 27, although hospitalization and deaths were much lower than in the early stages of the pandemic, Swan said R rate is 1.3 and hospitalization is increasing..

NI chief professor Ian Young said the number of virus infections per day has increased “more than ten times since early July.”

“Currently, most of those cases are young people, indicating a slow increase in hospitalization and bed occupancy,” he added.

“Nevertheless, it’s clear that the virus is widespread and is everywhere in Northern Ireland.”

Mr Swan said he expects executives to tighten regulations.

“This is the biggest health crisis we have had to face,” he added.

Northern Ireland Coronavirus Statistics

Official figures collected over the last six months show the development of a pandemic in Northern Ireland.

These statistics come from the Department of Health and reflect those with confirmed positive Covid-19 tests.

Coronavirus cases began to increase in Northern Ireland, with the number of daily positive tests peaking in mid-April and more than 150 on April 19.

Coronavirus-related deaths began to increase in late March, peaking at the end of April, when 19 deaths were recorded per day.

A total of 6,964 cases were confirmed on August 27, with more than one-tenth of the cases diagnosed in the last 14 days.

Since March, 560 deaths related to the coronavirus have been recorded by the Department of Health, with 10 deaths in the last 60 days.

Over the past 6 months, people aged 20 to 59 account for almost half of all cases.

More than half of the 560 deaths recorded were deaths over the age of 80.

The number of cases and deaths are geographically recorded for each council region.

All 11 councils saw similar rises and falls over time, with most cases occurring in the Belfast City Council area.

The number of people hospitalized daily during the first week of April peaked, with more than 40 hospitalized.

The total number of hospitalized patients on April 8 was 346.

Admission to the intensive care unit followed a similar pattern, with a peak of 54 patients being treated in the intensive care unit on April 10.