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There have been 1,015 cases of Covid-19 confirmed by the Department of Health in the republic of Ireland today. There are 178 people in our hospitals; 29 of whom are being treated in intensive care units.
In Northern Ireland, in the last 24-hour, there have been 1,082 new cases of the virus reported by their Department of Health. Sadly, 6 more patients have lost their lives. There are 224 Covid positive patients in hospital today, of whom 37 remain in intensive care.
Figures north and south bring to 2,097, the number of Covid-19 cases on the island of Ireland, in the past 24 hours.
The Republic of Ireland’s hospitality rules have greatly helped Covid-19 vaccination rates to surpass Northern Ireland’s, the NI’s chief scientific advisor has stated. Some 76% of Ireland’s adult population are now fully vaccinated, compared to 72.1% in Northern Ireland.
An Taoiseach Mr Micheál Martin has stated that a deal has been completed to secure an additional 700,000 Covid-19 vaccines from Romania. Mr Martin has described this transaction as being “fantastic news and a welcome boost to our rollout, which continues to experience huge support and uptake from the Irish public.”
Staff at the HSE has been delighted by the number of people who attended ‘walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centres’ over the bank holiday weekend, with more than 30,000 people availing of the service.
Covid Situation Abroad
Israel will now begin to offer a third dose of Covid vaccinations to people aged over 60, their Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced. Those who got their second jab at least five months ago, will be eligible for a Pfizer booster from Sunday next, he confirmed. This now comes amid a surge in infections in Israel, and concern in many countries over the highly contagious Delta variant.
In China, authorities in the city of Wuhan, latter with a poppulation of some 11 million people; which shot into the spotlight after the coronavirus was first detected there in 2019, will again begin testing its entire population, after a number of positive coronavirus cases were detected there.
In India, the southern state of Kerala accounts for more than half of the country’s new Covid-19 infections. Infections here show no signs of abating even as the pandemic wanes in other parts of the country.
Leaders in America are also scrambling to account for a surge in Covid cases and a rise in hospital admissions. The Centre’s for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that masks should once again be worn indoors, for both the vaccinated and those unvaccinated.
The state of Louisiana has eight times more Covid cases than it did just four weeks ago, while the state of Arizona has also re-instituted a recommendation to again wear masks indoors, despite a person’s vaccination status.
In Baxter County, Arkansas, the vaccination rate is just 33%, and now remains one of that nation’s Covid-19 hotspots.
Meanwhile, back in Ireland, Fr. Tony Flannery, the co-founder of the Association of Catholic Priests, has strongly reacted to the decision of a number of senior Catholic Bishops to allow First Communion and Confirmation ceremonies to go ahead, amid the spread of the new Covid-19 varient.
Fr. Flannery has stated that he could not understand the decision by the bishops, given that the matter would possibly be no longer an issue within five or six weeks. He warned that the ceremonies and accompanying celebrations would inevitably contribute to the spread of the Delta variant.
For many children and their families it was not the sacrament that was important, it was the social events afterwards and the gifts of money they will acquire. He pointed out that bishops must surely be aware that there was a commercial side to such events that “cheapened” such ceremonies.
Fethard, Co. Tipperary based priest Fr. Iggy O’Donovan is in total agreement and believes that in a few week’s time the country would be in a much stronger position due to our current rates of vaccination.
Around 4,000 people here in Co.Tipperary still remain in receipt of Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) this week, a drop of some 700 in the past 7 days. Nationally, a total of 160,000 people are receiving PUP this week; the lowest figure recorded since the pandemic first began.
Here in the Republic of Ireland, the Department of Health has confirmed 1,352 further cases of Covid-19. Presently there are 27 people in ICU’s, while 177 patients have been committed to hospital’s with the virus; with HSE Chief Executive Mr Paul Reid raising concerns regarding a steady rise in hospitalisations over the past 24 hours.
Over a six-week period the HSE has administered 2.1 million dose of vaccine, with 1 million of same administered in the first 12 weeks of 2021. Some 280,000 young people in the 12-15 age group will begin to receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine this month, with GPs and pharmacies playing a key role in administration.
In Northern Ireland within the last 24-hours, there have, sadly, been 5 further coronavirus related deaths, while another 872 positive cases have been reported by their Department of Health. Here in Northern Ireland also almost 300 fraudulent Covid-19 passport claims have been rejected. This figure emerged after the region’s vaccine certification system was plagued with technical difficulties last week.
Figures north and south bring to 2,224 the number of Covid-19 cases on the island of Ireland in past 24 hours; up 54 on yesterdays calculations.
Meanwhile in Sydney, Australia, 300 members of the army have been brought in to help enforce its prolonged lock-down, while stay-at-home orders in Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane have been extended to curb a worsening outbreak.
In China today, millions of people are confined to their homes, as the country tried to contain its largest coronavirus outbreak in months; as an outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta variant reaches over 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces.
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The Department of Health has confirmed 1,098 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland today. There are also 163 patients in our hospitals with Covid related illness, and of these 26 are being treated in ICU’s.
Staff at the HSE have stated that 10,000 people availed of ‘walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centres’ around the country yesterday. As of this morning, 87% of the Irish adult population are partially vaccinated, while almost 76% are fully vaccinated.
In Northern Ireland, sadly 5 more deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, together with 1,072 confirmed new Covid-19 cases.
Mass vaccination centres in Northern Ireland also saw a surge in activity yesterday, as they administered first doses to adults for the last time.
Same figures bring to 2,170 the number of Covid-19 cases on the island of Ireland in past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, according to a report in ‘The Financial Times’ today, Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their Covid-19 vaccines in the latest European Union supply contracts, however Pfizer and Moderna were not available for comment on this claim today.
The Department of Health has confirmed 1,427 new cases of Covid-19, today in the Irish Republic. There are 164 patients in our hospitals with the virus and 26 of these are in ICU’s.
In Northern Ireland the Department of Health also reported 1,177 positive cases of Covid-19, with, sadly, 8 further related deaths within the last 24 hours.
Same brings to 2607 the number of Covid_19 new confirmed cases on the island of Ireland in the past 24 hours.
Chief executive of the HSE Mr Paul Reid and Taoiseach Mr Michaél Martin have both hailed the massive uptake of vaccines, as long queues form at walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centres that are currently operating over this bank holiday weekend in Ireland. These centres are open to anyone aged 16 and over who has yet to receive their first dose.
Run courtesy of the HSE, they have opened in a range of locations right across the republic of Ireland with those attending receiving the Pfizer jab. An Taoiseach Mr Michaél Martin remarked, that it was great to see the walk-in Covid19 vaccine clinics up and running and the already positive uptake of the vaccine.
Health officials are reasonably confident that children aged 12-16 will be offered a vaccination in August.
Meanwhile abroad, China is racing to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months, as health officials blame the new highly infectious Delta variant for a surge in infections, spanning 14 of its provinces.
In the British Isles, their health authorities have urged more pregnant women to get vaccinated after a national study has shown that the Delta variant appeared to increase their risk of severe symptoms.
Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane and other parts of the state of Queensland will enter a snap Covid-19 lockdown as and from today, as authorities race to contain an emerging outbreak of the same Delta strain.
Meanwhile at home, the Bishops of Clogher and Waterford and Lismore have decided to go-ahead with Communions and Confirmations; same to take place in late August, despite some parents casting doubts on the church’s advice. Their decision has already received a warning from Taoiseach Mr Michaél Martin, against any unilateral breaching of regulations. Mr Martin said that the sole motivation behind all restrictions was to protect lives.
The government’s worry perhaps, is about public health guidance in relation to unwelcome social interactions, following the conveyance of such Church Sacrament celebrations, which are seen as being unnecessarily encouraged by medically unqualified, elderly Church officials.
Over the past 14 days, there have been 117 Covid-19 cases in North Co. Tipperary, 12 of which were confirmed in the past 24 hours.
There have been 42 cases in the Thurles electral area in the past 14 days.
The Department of Health has confirmed 1,501 new cases of Covid-19 here in the Republic of Ireland today. There are now 169 people in hospital who have tested positive for the virus, an increase of 9 on yesterday’s figures since yesterday.
In Northern Ireland, there are 1,101 new infections reported over the same period, with sadly, 3 further related deaths.
This figure brings the total number of confirmed cases to 2602 on the island of Ireland.
Meanwhile, the first of the ‘walk-in’ Covid-19 vaccination centres, operating over the coming bank holiday weekend, also opened today in Clonmel.
Over the past 14 days, there have been 117 Covid-19 cases in North Co. Tipperary, 12 of which were confirmed in the past 24 hours. In all there were 711 cases in the Mid-West region of which 471 were in Co. Limerick and 123 in Co. Clare.
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