Cases continued to rise throughout early March with cases rising to seven by the end of the first week.[4] On 9 March Belfast City Council voted to cancel the annual St Patrick's Day parade in the city.[5] By the end of the second week the HSC started to advise people showing symptoms to isolate for seven days, cases had also jumped to 45 by the 15th March.[6] On St Patrick's Day parades across all of Northern Ireland had been cancelled as cases reached 52.[7]