Weekly update on Covid-19 on Northern Ireland – Friday 1 July 2022

Welcome to the new weekly update, providing the latest statistics for Covid infections in Northern Ireland.

Below: Weekly positive cases from tests conducted.

Below: Weekly positive cases per 100,000 population for Local Government Districts across Northern Ireland.

Below: Confirmed COVID-19 care home outbreaks in Northern Ireland, 2020-22

There were 13 new outbreaks reported in week 25, a slight increase from the previous week.

Below: Weekly number of unique episodes of COVID-19, 2022

Below: Estimates of the percentage of people in NI testing who would have tested positive for COVID-19

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey produces estimates of the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 in private residential households across the UK, regardless of symptoms.

This is not affected by changes in testing policy or behaviour and is a useful indicator of the true prevalence and incidence of COVID-19. This reached its highest level at the beginning of February 2022 (7.9%).

There have been increases in prevalence and incidence in recent weeks.

In the study week ending 24 June 2022, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 71,000 (95% credible interval: 58,000 to 85,700). This equates to 3.87% of the population or around 1 in 25 people. This increased from 1 in 30 people the previous week.

Below: Episode rate per 100,000 population by Local Government District (LGD), for week 25 2022

The next weekly update will be published on Friday 8 July 2022.