Just one community seeded Covid-19 case found on Friday

ONE community seeded Covid-19 case was found yesterday, according to latest States of Guernsey figures.

Published Feb 6, 2021

Last updated Feb 6, 2021

Screengrab from today's Covid-19 press conference. Top row left to right: Chair of the Civil Contingencies Authority Deputy Peter Ferbrache, States chief executive Paul Whitfield and Medical Director Dr Peter Rabey. Bottom row, left to right: Health & Social Care president Deputy Al Brouard, Policy & Resources vice-president Deputy Heidi Soulsby and director of Public Health Dr Nicola Brink. (29220482)

Details of Friday's testing results have been released this morning. It showed 22 new cases were found yesterday. All bar one of them were contacts of known cases.

The numbers follow a growing trend in falling case numbers and unknown community source cases.

There are now 368 active cases of Covid-19, after there were 15 recoveries.

There are currently nine people in hospital, but two are residents of a care home, who have tested positive and need inpatient support rather than clinical care.

Guernsey has now been in lockdown for two weeks. The Civil Contingencies Authority will be meeting early next week to discuss whether any changes to restrictions can be made. These will be announced on Wednesday.