Case notification rate, which allows Covid-19 comparison between countries, will be added to the government’s dashboard.
Rushen MHK Michelle Haywood asked the Minister for the Cabinet Office Kate Lord-Brennan if the 14-day Covid case notification rate will be included in the dashboard.
Ms Lord-Brennan explained that the figures could be found elsewhere but the decision had already been made for the Isle of Man data to be ’extracted and displayed in the dashboard from this week’.
The case notification rate is the number of cases per 100,000 of the population.
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Dr Haywood said: ’It is a standardised measure that allows comparison between countries of different sizes - so, for small countries like the Isle of Man we have to scale up, but for large countries like England they have to scale down their numbers.
’The 14-day positive test numbers are shown on the database but this is just the number of tests that have been returned positive.
’It’s not a relative measurement.’
She continued: ’The reason that the 14-day case rate is important is that it acts as a barometer for how we are doing relative to other countries.
’Currently the Isle of Man is one of the worst countries [for Covid cases] in Europe and in the world.
’This message is important because we should be using the information to adjust what we are doing in terms of restricting transmission.’
Dr Haywood explained why she wanted the figures included.
She said: ’I feel that we need to get a wider perspective on how we are "learning to live" with Covid, and the first step is recognising the huge scale of the issue we have at the moment.’
The 14-day notification rate has since been added to the government’s weekly surveillance report which presents data intended to help individuals, businesses and the wider community make choices about how they manage the risk presented by Covid-19.
l The findings from this week’s government Covid-19 surveillance report are detailed on page six of this edition.
Case notification rate, which allows Covid-19 comparison between countries, will be added to the government’s dashboard.
Rushen MHK Michelle Haywood asked the Minister for the Cabinet Office Kate Lord-Brennan if the 14-day Covid case notification rate will be included in the dashboard.
Ms Lord-Brennan explained that the figures could be found elsewhere but the decision had already been made for the Isle of Man data to be ’extracted and displayed in the dashboard from this week’.
The case notification rate is the number of cases per 100,000 of the population.
Dr Haywood said: ’It is a standardised measure that allows comparison between countries of different sizes - so, for small countries like the Isle of Man we have to scale up, but for large countries like England they have to scale down their numbers.
’The 14-day positive test numbers are shown on the database but this is just the number of tests that have been returned positive.
’It’s not a relative measurement.’
She continued: ’The reason that the 14-day case rate is important is that it acts as a barometer for how we are doing relative to other countries.
’Currently the Isle of Man is one of the worst countries [for Covid cases] in Europe and in the world.
’This message is important because we should be using the information to adjust what we are doing in terms of restricting transmission.’
Dr Haywood explained why she wanted the figures included.
She said: ’I feel that we need to get a wider perspective on how we are "learning to live" with Covid, and the first step is recognising the huge scale of the issue we have at the moment.’
The 14-day notification rate has since been added to the government’s weekly surveillance report which presents data intended to help individuals, businesses and the wider community make choices about how they manage the risk presented by Covid-19.