#UK, #England: Notified cases of invasive #meningococcal disease - Updated 23 March 2026 (UKHSA, edited)

 

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Daily case figures

-- The number of confirmed and probable cases can change when:

- a case is laboratory confirmed

- when the clinical assessment changes, including when new laboratory results are available

- when further epidemiological information is available

-- The figures in Table 1 cannot be used to identify the number of new confirmed or probable cases from one day to the next. This also applies to total cases.

Table 1. Cases of invasive meningococcal disease linked to Canterbury, Kent by day from 16 March 2026

[Date - Total confirmed cases - Confirmed MenB cases (subset of total confirmed cases) - Probable cases - Total cases]

* 22 March 2026 - 20 [note 2] - 19 -9 - 29

* 21 March 2026 - 20 [note 2] - 19 - 9 - 29

* 20 March 2026 - 23 - 18 - 11 - 34

* 19 March 2026 - 18 - 13 - 11 - 29

* 18 March 2026 - 15 - 9 - 12 - 27

* 17 March 2026 - 9 - 6 - 11 - 20

* 16 March 2026 - [note 1] - 4 - [note 1] - 15

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Note 1: The distinction between a confirmed case and a probable case was not reported

Note 2: A case initially classified as a confirmed case may be reclassified or discarded when further laboratory results and clinical information is available. This applies to situations where:

- there are other negative results, for example, reference unit results 

and 

- there is an alternative diagnosis or where the clinical picture is no longer consistent with meningococcal infection

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Note: The case numbers presented in Table 1 were confirmed at specific times of day for each of the releases: 16 March 2026 verified at 5:00pm, 17 March 2026 verified at 3:00pm, 18 March 2026 onwards verified at 12:30pm.

-- There have been 2 deaths since the start of the incident.

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Source: 

Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/invasive-meningococcal-disease-statistical-releases/notified-cases-of-invasive-meningococcal-disease

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