The Department of Health, in the Republic of Ireland has confirmed a further 7,143 new cases of Covid-19, over the past 24 hours,
Today, 2,383 cases were confirmed by PCR test, while 4,760 positive antigen test results were uploaded to the HSE portal, with hospitalisations associated with the virus increasing sharply over the past weekend. There are 808 patients hospitalised with the virus as of this morning, up from 670 confirmed on Friday and with 47 people in intensive care, up from 43 reported on the same date.
Figures for the number of cases logged over the weekend have also been released, with 7,918 cases logged on Saturday and 4,791 on Sunday.
The total number of Covid-19-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland, since the start of the pandemic, sadly stands at 6,531.
In Northern Ireland, another 2,053 confirmed cases of the virus were notified in the last 24-hour reporting period, up from 1,725 cases on yesterday.
On Monday morning, there were 466 Covid-19 patients in northern hospitals, with just two in intensive care units. Sadly, 2 more people, who had previously tested positive for Covid-19, have died in the Northern Ireland region, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic to 3,232.
In the Republic of Ireland, over the past 24 hours, the Department of Health has confirmed 4,033 PCR test- cases of coronavirus, plus in addition, 4,304 people have registered a positive antigen test; bringing the complete total number of cases to 8,337
There were 670 patients with Covid in our Republic’s hospitals this Friday morning, with 43 of these, in our hospital intensive care units across the country.
In Northern Ireland over the past 24 hours, 2,236 cases of coronavirus were confirmed, down from 2,408 cases confirmed yesterday.
Today, there were 484 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals, up 1 on yesterday, with of these 3 Covid patients remaining in intensive care units; down from 5 confirmed yesterday.
Sadly, 3 more Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to the virus, since the start of the pandemic, to 3,223.
In the Republic of Ireland, our Department of Health has reported 4,042 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 4,746 positive antigen tests, same registered through the HSE portal; a total, in all, of 8,788, same up 1,094 cases on yesterdays reported figures.
There were 661 Covid patients in our Republic’s hospitals; up 8 on yesterday, with 46 in ICU, at 8:00am this morning; latter same figure as reported yesterday.
Across Northern Ireland, a further 2,408 cases of coronavirus were reported today, up 1 on the from 2,407 cases reported on yesterday.
Today there were 483 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals in Northern Ireland, up from 477 reported yesterday.
Of these Covid patients, 5 remain in intensive care units, the same number also as reported yesterday.
Sadly, a further 3 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland over the past 24 hours.
Surely, Tipperary politicians could find at least one of their highly paid personal assistants, working from home, with the ability to write even a short paragraph, highlighting the current major difficulties being experienced at University Hospital Limerick.
For example, this would allow Teachtaí Dála, like Mr J. Cahill or Mr M. Lowry to communicate their characteristic explosive spitting and choking noises in Dáil Éireann, in the weeks ahead, and more importantly be caught on TV.
I say this in the knowledge that sources within the ambulance service, confirm that at least 15 ambulances were queued-up outside the Emergency Department (ED) at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon.
Same delays, we understand, were due to high levels of patient overcrowding. Yesterday also, there were 81 patients waiting for a bed in the hospital serving North Tipperary, recorded in daily figures published by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).
All 24-hour Emergency department services in the Midwest Region were in the past reconfigured into University Hospital Limerick and yesterday sources confirmed that there were not enough trolleys to allow incoming patients to be handed over to hospital staff.
It is widely acknowledged that pressure in UHL could be greatly reduced if 24-hour emergency departments in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, in Ennis, Co. Clare and St. John’s in Limerick city were re-opened. UHL has a current catchment area containing over 400,000 people and is almost daily, consistently the most overcrowded hospital within the Irish State.
On January 25th, the nurses’ union confirmed it recorded 97 patients without a bed at the hospital, latter the highest number recorded in any Irish hospital since the union began compiling trolley figures.
The Department of Health here in the Irish Republic have confirmed 7,694 new cases of Covid-19; this total consisting of 3,342 PCR-confirmed cases and 4,352 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.
At 8:00am today, there were 653 Covid-19 patients in our Republic’s hospitals, up 37 on yesterday, and of these 46 remain in ICU, down 2 on yesterday’s figure.
Sadly, 13 deaths were reported today, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland, since the start of the pandemic, to 6,521.
In Northern Ireland their Department of Health has confirmed 2,407 new cases of the virus.
Also, this morning, there were 477 Covid-19 patients in northern hospitals, up from 473 yesterday and of these 5 remain in intensive care, unchanged since yesterday.
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland also confirmed that 4 more persons, who had previously tested positive for the virus have sadly died, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic to 3,217.
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