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The Department of Health has confirmed 3,578 additional cases of Covid-19 here in the Republic of Ireland, over the past 24 hours.
The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital has increased to 520, same figure up 22 on the same time yesterday. Of these there remain 83 patients in ICU; an increase of 5 on yesterday’s reported figures.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Public Expenditure, Mr Michael McGrath has correctly stated that businesses in the hospitality sector, that do not enforce rules relating to Covid-19 vaccination passes, do not deserve to remain open. The Minister further stated that hospitality outlets that do not enforce the rules are placing every other person at risk.
Today’s numbers are now the highest in our hospitals since March 1st last, when there were 540 patients with Covid-19. The three hospitals with the highest number of Covid-19 cases are St James’s in Dublin with 44 cases, University Hospital Limerick; latter the medical facility serving North Tipperary with 37 cases and the Regional Hospital Mullingar with 33.
Europe is once again at the epicentre of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as cases soar across the continent. WHO Europe head Herr Hans Kluge has stated that the continent could see half a million further deceased persons by next February. He has blamed insufficient vaccine take-up by individuals for this rise.
Costa Rica has become the first country in the world to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for children. The vaccination will join the already extensive list of basic childhood vaccinations already required by law, health officials have stated.
The country has already signed a deal with Pfizer to acquire the necessary doses to start vaccinating all children under 12 years from March 2022.
A professor of Immunology here at DCU, Prof Christine Loscher has said that vaccinating children aged between 5 and 11 years will play a role in overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic and in preventing the onward spread of infection.
While mRNA vaccines have yet to be approved in Europe for this age group, evidence from Pfizer in the United States shows the vaccine reduces infection by 90.7% in this lower age population.
In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has confirmed 1,228 new cases of the virus; with, sadly, a further 7 deaths of patients, latter who had previously tested positive for Covid-19. There are 395 Covid-positive patients in northern hospitals, 39 of whom are in intensive care.
Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
The Department of Health has confirmed 3,161 new cases of Covid-19, over the past 24 hours, here in the Republic Of Ireland .
There remain 498 patients with the virus in hospital, an increase of 20 on yesterday’s reported figures. Of these 78 are in our intensive care units, an increase of 3, also based on yesterday’s figures.
More than 52,600 third booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to people under 60 years, latter who are immunocompromised, the latest HSE figures confirm. It is estimated around 90,000 people in this group are due to get the booster dose.
Patients on hospital waiting lists within the Irish Republic, must now continue to wait, while the number of people in hospitals with Covid-19 remains high, the President of the Irish Medical Organisation, Dr Ina Kelly has confirmed. She stated that every bed that is taken up with Covid, is a bed denied to the nearly one million people suffering with other forms of illness on waiting lists.
In Northern Ireland, a further 1,028 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, down from 1,035 cases recorded yesterday.
In all, a total of 284,231 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland, since the pandemic began.
Today, there are 378 patients with Covid-19 in Northern hospitals, down from 380 confirmed on Friday. There are 44 Covid patients in intensive care units in northern hospitals up from 43 recorded on Friday.
Sadly, 11 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic to 2,762.
Worldwide, total known Covid-19 cases have reached at least 250,049,045 in number, with the total death rate due to the disease standing at least at 5,052,494.
Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
The Department of Health has confirmed 3,428 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours here in the Irish Republic; down from 3,685 on yesterdays reported figures.
As of 8:00am today, there were 478 patients with the virus in our hospitals; 34 more than yesterday, while the number of patients in our ICU’s has risen by 1, to stand at 75 in total.
The total number of possible deaths linked to Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland since the start of the pandemic stands at 5,492.
The Minister for Health, Mr Stephen Donnelly, has stated that the Government is considering providing subsidised antigen tests to the population. He also stated that it is likely that rapid antigen testing will be deployed to test the close contacts of schoolchildren, latter who test positive for Covid-19. Same if agreed could be rolled out before Christmas 2021.
In Northern Ireland their Department of Health has confirmed a further 1,035 cases of coronavirus, down from the 1,194 cases recorded on yesterday.
Some 4 more Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland on over the past 24 hours.
A total of 283,203 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland since the pandemic began, with the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19, since the start of the pandemic, standing at 2,751.
Enough people are NOT adhering to very basic transmission-prevention practices, hence the rise in Covid cases. Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
The Department of Health has confirmed a further 3,685 cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours here in the Republic of Ireland.
As of 8:00am this morning, 444 Covid-19 patients were in our hospitals, 19 fewer than at the same time yesterday. Of these, 74 are in intensive care units down 2 on yesterday’s reported figures.
The Economic and Social Research Institute reports that of people accessing restaurants, some 34% are not having their Covid Certs checked, and the Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Mr Adrian Cummins has stated that he is ‘deeply concerned’ at the possibility of the reintroduction of restrictions on the hospitality industry. He is now calling for an increase in inspections by the HSE and the HSA and for sanctions to be introduced for those businesses refusing to do the right thing while dragging the sector down.
In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has confirmed 1,194 positive cases and, sadly, six deaths in the past 24 hours.
A total of 215 cases of the newly identified Delta plus Covid variant, has been detected on the island of Ireland, health agencies on both sides of the Border have confirmed this week.
In the North the Public Health Agency (PHA) has confirmed 125 such cases, while 90 cases of this variant have been detected here in the Irish Republic.
Enough people are NOT adhering to very basic transmission-prevention practices, hence the rise in Covid cases. Please do continue to keep yourself and your family safe by regularly washing your hands and wearing a mask when appropriate.
What has been the Covid-19 spread in Co. Tipperary local electoral areas over the past 14 days?
Between the period October 19th, 2021 and November 1st, 2021, the following number of cases have been confirmed in each of the Co. Tipperary local electoral areas: –
Thurles 54; Clonmel 71; Roscrea – Templemore 82; Newport 83; Cashel-Tipperary 117; Cahir 174; Carrick-On-Suir 167; and Nenagh 228.
Note: In the week ahead, it will be interesting to see if the numbers relating to the spread of Covid, will increase further in Tipperary towns, following the re-opening of Night Clubs and other related Halloween holiday activities, which took place over the past 10 days.
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