Invasive Meningococcal Disease, 2011–2020, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, England

Abstract

Invasive meningococcal disease incidence in England declined from 1.93/100,000 persons (1,016 cases) in 2010–11 to 0.95/100,000 (530 cases) in 2018–19 and 0.74/100,000 in 2019–20 (419 cases). During national lockdown for the coronavirus disease pandemic (April–August 2020), incidence was 75% lower than during April–August 2019.

Keywords

• Neisseria meningitidis
• meningococcal disease
• meningococcal vaccines
• bacterial co-infections
• case fatality rate
• SARS-CoV2