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Today, 17,329 new Coronavirus cases confirmed on Irish Mainland; up 2,089 on yesterday’s reported figures or 4,539 in past 48 hours.

In the words of Sergeant Phil Esterhaus (Late Actor Michael Conrad in the popular TV series “Hill Street Blues”),
“Let’s Be Careful Out There”.

The Department of Health has confirmed 12,560 new cases of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic, over the past 24 hours.
Of these confirmed cases, 5,940 are PCR-confirmed, while 6,620 are positive antigen tests, same registered via the HSE portal.

There remain 630 patients in our Republic’s hospitals, infected with the killer virus, of whom 65 remain in intensive care units across the State.

The Republic’s Department of Health has also confirmed 92 deaths linked to Covid-19, over the past 7 days, bringing the total number of virus-related deaths in the Irish Republic to 6,228.

In Northern Ireland, a further 4,769 cases of coronavirus were reported today, up from 4,622 on Tuesday.

There are 357 patients with Covid-19 confirmed in northern hospitals, up from 337 reported yesterday.

There were 13 patients with Covid-19 in hospital intensive care units, down from 21 reported on yesterday.

Sadly also, 5 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, since the start of the pandemic, to 3,120.

In the Irish Republic, over the past 24 hours, 8,631 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health.
Of these, 3,872 were PCR-confirmed, while 4,759 were positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.

As of 8:00am, again here in the Republic of Ireland, there were 692 patients with the Covid-19 virus being treated in our hospitals across the State, an increase of 41 on the same time yesterday.

There has been also an increase in the number of people with Covid-19 in intensive care units, however, and of 11.30am, 75 people with the virus were being treated in our intensive care units, an increase of 1 on the same time yesterday.

The total number of Covid-19-related deaths, in the Irish Republic, confirmed (subject to revision) since the start of the pandemic, stands at 6,136.

In Northern Ireland, another 4,159 cases of coronavirus were confirmed today, up from 3,069 reported just yesterday.

There were 338 patients with the killer virus in hospitals in Northern Ireland, down from 363 on reported on Friday, with 23 of these patients in northern hospital intensive care units, up from 22 also reported on Friday.

Sadly, 3 Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19, since the start of the pandemic, to 3,111.

The Department of Health in the Irish Republic will refrain from publishing confirmed numbers of Covid-19 patients, at weekends, for the foreseeable future at least.

However, we learn that the number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 here in the Irish Republic now stands at the lowest level so far in 2022.

According to the Department of Health, there were 649 patients with the killer virus, being treated in hospital, as of 8:00am this morning, down 58 in number at the same time yesterday.

Today’s confirmed number compares to a figure of 940 on this day, two weeks ago and a tally of 836 just last Saturday; almost 40% down from the recent peak of 1,063 patients on January 10th last.

At 11:30am today, there were 66 patients with Covid-19 in our intensive care units around the country, same figure a decline of 3 based on reported figures confirmed also yesterday.
In Northern Ireland, there are 3,590 confirmed cases of coronavirus confirmed today, down from 3,737 cases reported yesterday.

Sadly however, there were 3 Covid-19-related deaths reported also in Northern Ireland, over the past 24 hours.

Please continue this downward hospital virus trend by getting your booster vaccination dose, as soon as applicable.