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Covid-19 Numbers Confirmed Today At 2,333 On Irish Mainland.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,124 new cases of Covid-19 here in the Irish Republic over the past 24 hours.

There are 349 people in hospital with the virus, up 16 from yesterday and of these, 65 patients are in intensive care, up 1 on yesterdays reported figures.

In Northern Ireland today, a further 1,209 new cases of the virus were reported by their Department of Health.

This morning, there were 346 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals, with 34 of these in intensive care.
Sadly, a further 3 deaths have occurred, of people who had tested positive for Covid-19.

Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson has said it had submitted data to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorisation of a booster shot of its vaccine for people aged 18 years and older.

It has now been accepted, following research analysis, that vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer jab stays highly effective against severe Covid, including the Delta variant, for at least six months.

Please Remember:
Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.

Covid-19 Numbers Confirmed At 1,972 Today On Irish Mainland.

The Department of Health have confirmed 892 new cases of Covid-19 here in the Republic of Ireland, over the past 24 hours.

There are 333 people in our hospitals with the virus, up 14 on yesterdays reported figures and of these 64 are in our intensive care units.

Today is the first day that the updated daily Covid case figure within the Republic of Ireland have dropped below 1,000, since July 15th last.

In Northern Ireland, a further 1,080 cases of coronavirus were reported today, up from 892 reported just yesterday.

There were 338 patients with the virus in northern hospitals today, down from 342 reported on Friday.
Some 37 people were being treated in northern hospital intensive care units, up from 33 reported on Friday last.
Sadly also, 3 more coronavirus-related deaths have also been reported today.

Please Remember: Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.

Covid-19 Numbers Today Confirmed At 2,578 On Irish Mainland.

Officials at the Department of Health have confirmed 1,586 new Covid-19 cases here within in the Irish Republic, over the past 24 hours; up 527 on the numbers reported yesterday.

There are 298 patients with Covid-19 currently in our hospitals; same number down 10 on yesterday’s figures. This number includes 56 patients in ICUs, latter down 3 over the past 24 hours.

Deaths are being announced weekly, supposedly due to the recent HSE data hacking last May and as of Wednesday last, 5,249 people have now, sadly, died of the Covid-19 virus, within the Irish Republic since the beginning of the pandemic.

Here also, some 7.25 million vaccines have been administered in an effort to protect citizens aged from 12 years and upwards.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan has said that people should continue to wear face masks while in public indoor settings such as shops, on public transport and in hospitality venues.

He also stated that people with cold-like symptoms should stay in their homes, supporting the effort to avoid meeting other people and should contact their GP if they are in anyway concerned.

In Northern Ireland, another 992 cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours, down from 1,039 yesterday.

In Northern Ireland also the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic is recorded, sadly, at 2,565 since the pandemic began.

The most recent figures from Friday showed there were 342 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals, with 33 of these patients being treated in intensive care units yesterday, up from 29 on the previous day.

Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.

Covid-19 Numbers Confirmed Today At 2,098 On Irish Mainland.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,059 new cases of Covid-19 within the past 24 hours, here in the Republic of Ireland.

There are 308 people in our hospitals who have tested positive for the virus, up 11 since yesterday. Of these patients, 59 remain in ICUs, unchanged over the past 24 hours.

The 14 Day Incidence of confirmed COVID-19 cases per Local Electoral Area here in Co. Tipperary between dates 14/09 to 27/09, reads as follows:-
Nenagh: 16; Roscrea-Templemore: 20; Carrick-on-Suir: 60; Cahir: 67; Newport: 69; Thurles: 78; Cashel-Tipperary: 81; and Clonmel: 98.

Over half of the people who died from Covid-19, since April last, were not vaccinated, according to a new report by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

Of the 301 Covid-19 deaths notified between April 1st and September 25th, 50.8% were people who were not vaccinated.

Meanwhile, a phase 3 trial of Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ oral antiviral treatment ‘Molnupiravir’, latter developed for the treatment of influenza, showed it reduced the risk of hospitalization and or death by around 50% in Covid patients.
Merck now plan to seek emergency use authorization in the U.S.A. and will submit marketing applications to other global drug regulators.
If authorized by regulatory bodies, ‘Molnupiravir’ could be the first oral antiviral medicine for Covid virus.

In Northern Ireland a further 1,039 cases of coronavirus were reported in the past 24 hours, down from 1,163 reported yesterday.

There are 342 patients with Covid-19 in their hospitals; a number which remains unchanged from yesterday. The number of patients with Covid-19 in northern intensive care units has increased to 33 today, up from 29 reported yesterday.
Sadly, 8 further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 to 38 in their latest weekly update.

Coronavirus figures confirmed north and south on the Irish mainland, over the past 24 hours, total 2,098.

Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.

Coronavirus Cases Confirmed At 2,434 Today On Irish Mainland.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,271 new cases of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic over the last 24 hours.

There are 297 patients identified with the virus in our hospitals, down 3 on yesterday, with 59 of these in intensive care units, a decrease of 1 since yesterday.

There have been, sadly, 17 Covid-19 deaths in the 7 days to last Tuesday, official figures confirm. This brings the number of deaths in September to 102, same the highest monthly death total since last March.

Not before time, YouTube has at last confirmed it will remove videos that falsely claim that approved vaccines are dangerous, as social networks seek to crack down on health misinformation around Covid-19 and other diseases.

The total direct expenditure as a result of Covid-19, between February 2020 and 2021 was €17.1 billion, according to the annual report published today by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, over the past 24 hours, yet another 1,163 cases of the virus have been notified by their Department of Health, while, sadly, a further 2 patients have died, who had tested positive for the virus.
There were 342 Covid-positive patients in northern hospitals this morning, 31 of whom were in intensive care units.

Coronavirus Figures confirmed north and south on the Irish mainland, over the past 24 hours, total 2,434.

Vaccination continues to offer the best protection against the most severe effects of COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death.