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PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed 1,789 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
360 patients with Covid-19 are in hospital, including 56 in ICU, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.
Deaths are being announced weekly due to the HSE data breach in May– as of today, 5,112 people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland.
That represents an increase of 20 deaths on last week’s figure of 5,092. However, that does not necessarily mean that the 20 deaths occurred in the past week as the system in Ireland allows a period of time for families to register the death of a loved one.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the Delta variant is still circulating widely despite increasing levels of vaccination across the population.
“Over 70% of cases are in unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people and we are seeing a high incidence of Covid-19 in adults and teenagers aged 16-29,” Dr Holohan said.
If you haven’t yet registered for your vaccine or have delayed receiving your second dose, please do so as soon as possible.
“We know that vaccines work. They are about 80% effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 disease and they provide approximately 95% protection against hospitalisation,” Dr Holohan added.
Yesterday, there were 1,382 new cases and 355 people with Covid-19 in hospital, with 55 in ICU.
The government announced its new plan for the removal of remaining Covid-19 restrictions during autumn yesterday evening, with certain limitations lifting on 6 September, 20 September, and 22 October.
After October, the only restrictions set to remain in place are mask requirements on public transport, in shops and in healthcare settings and self-isolation when someone has symptoms of the virus.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said today that the plan is “good” but “not without risk”.
“What we’re trying to do is find a cautious path,” Donnelly said.
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Still persisting with this then, yeah?
@JedBartlett: This shouldn’t require a push notification anymore especially since the numbers are stable at this level for weeks now.
God 20 deaths is awful. Rip
@cearbhaill: on average 600 other people died in Ireland in the last week as well…… Around 31,000 annually.
@Paul Hedderman: But not from a preventable disease. RIP to those who died.
@Paul Whitehead: exactly some people continue to be truly awful. RIP
@Paul Whitehead: I think you’ll find a good chunk are preventable – cancers, heart disease, lung diseases, suicide and lets not forget flu in previous years….. FYI, covid isn’t necessarily the main cause of many of these deaths but may have contributed. Deaths with COVID for 2020 is 2,248 in the running total reported to us. CSO COVID deaths for 2020 is 1,672. You obviously cant class someone terminally ill as a covid death…… Also, the last report on deaths with covid had a mean age of 81 and median age of 82.
@Paul Hedderman: I’ve never understood the mentality of people who say things like that. It’s no big deal that 20 people died from covid because more died from other things!?!? Those are 20 people with families. Have a bit of respect!
@Ger: thanks and well said. His whole train of thought is disgusting. Better off muting him.
@Ger: Sorry but where did I say its no big deal? Thats your words not mine. Original poster said 20 deaths last week were awful, I’m informing them that there was alot more deaths last week than the deaths with covid. Its the reality and takes nothing away from those 20 that died.
@Paul Hedderman: but this article is not about people who died of other causes, is it? Its about, amongst other things, the 20 people who died from covid. Making the comment you did serves no other purpose than to devalue those 20 deaths. You know it, I know it and everyone who read your comment knows it.
@Ger: Exactly, its an article, not the obituaries. Its a purely informational comment which im sure many didnt know.
1789 was the start of the French Revolution and the year that George Washington was elected President of the United States.
It is a prime number and its two halves, 17 and 89 are also prime. Such a prime number is called a Tony Prime, in honour of Dr. Tony.
17 * 89 = 1513 and that is the number of cases that the makey-uppy machine will spout out tomorrow.
@Padraig O Muirthile: and you just might be right !
@Padraig O Muirthile: I was wondering where this was going sir. Made me chuckle.
Hardly a need for boosters, there is a serious need to vaccinate the world before it comes back to bite us.
@Diarmuid Hehir: agree
@Diarmuid Hehir: for high risk people boosters make sense
Close the pubs
@Alison Maguire: open more of them need a drink
Is there anything to be said for another mass!
When will he ever just FXXK OFF
@Leo O’ Leary: yes swearing at covid is how to manage it
When will the truth of the vaccines become obvious to those writing comments here, are you people afraid to face the truth, are will it just be booster after booster?
@JK: you believe and retweet Gillian McKeith, TV’s pôo “doctor” (NB “doctorate” from a 2 weekend course), and you think other people are missing the truth? Heavens.
@JK:
Dreadful grammar. Must try harder.
70% unvaccinated seems to be constant enough lately. With 88% of adults fully vaccinated, the unvaccinated hosts will have to run low soon.
What percentage of deaths and admissions to hospital do the Unvaccinated make up I wonder
@Eamonn Martin: at 20th August 62% of ICU cases were unvaccinated, and 15% were only partially vaccinated.
@Sam Harms: Thanks Sam. With the virus constantly hitting the 12% for a while, really should be on a downward curve soon.
@Eamonn Martin: For now, sure. But if it becomes endemic, it will become a mainly childhood illness – meaning that each new generation will be at risk of variants. So it makes sense to look into vaccinating younger people so they don’t have to get it.
Some older people might need boosters though.
@Eamonn Martin: Hopefully. But there will be an influx of cases in next few weeks and they will rise and peak. Then slowly go downhill.
Feck sake, this “wave” of it should be going into decline soon
@Quiet Goer: it’s new virus waving all over the place omg
The vaccines are doing a mighty job, not.
Course it did, Bob. It’s frictional tripe, the stuff you get your jollies from. I’d say you haven’t taken a walk in the woods since reading on Facebook that Little Red Riding Hood was a true story.
Omg to heigh again
@Richarddoherty: ….and never too high for some on here Richard?
I think they are definitely a good thing for elderly and immunocompromised people. Other than that more should be shared to the developing world. Getting the population in most countries to a decent level of vaccination is the only way to stop major variants like delta in the future
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