Northern Ireland Pauses Pub Reopening After Coronavirus Spike

Harry McKeaveney from The Hatfield House bar, wearing a face mask and gloves, poses for a photograph as he delivers pints of Guinness to customers' front doors, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 16, 2020. Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images

BELFAST—Northern Ireland halted its plan to reopen all pubs and ordered citizens to wear face masks indoors on Thursday after reporting its highest daily number of coronavirus cases since May.

The British region reported 43 new cases on Thursday compared to a total of 18 in the previous five days, although it has not reported a death related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, since July 14.