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A FURTHER 1,318 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland, bringing the total number of cases above 200,000.
In a statement, the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) said that a further 75 people confirmed to have Covid-19 have died.
46 of these deaths occurred in February, 27 occurred in January and two occurred at an earlier date.
The death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland now stands at 3,586, and the total number of confirmed cases is at 200,744.
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 1,284 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, of which 188 were in ICU. There have been 74 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said in the next few weeks, people “will see many more of our vulnerable loved ones receive their Covid-19 vaccinations”.
“This is good news and gives all of us great hope. However, even if you have received your Covid-19 vaccine, you must continue to wash your hands, wear a face covering, maintain a social distance and keep your close contacts to a minimum. Until we have all been vaccinated, we must act as though none of us have been vaccinated,” Dr Holohan said.
It was confirmed yesterday that over 70s will receive mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna “where practicable and timely”.
Dr Ronan Glynn, the deputy CMO said: “Today we have reached another significant and unwelcome milestone as we report more than 200,000 confirmed cases. We must all redouble our efforts and drive down the incidence of disease in our community.”
“We are noticing a clear pattern in people with symptoms delaying contacting their GP to arrange a test. It is vital that as soon as you notice that you have symptoms of COVID-19 that you isolate and contact your GP immediately. By acting quickly, we can prevent the spread of Covid-19 and protect our vulnerable loved ones.”
Professor Philip Nolan, the chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said the next few weeks will be “difficult for all of us”.
“As we bring the daily case levels below 1,000 per day, our progress will seem to slow down,” Professor Nolan said.
“It is now more important than ever that we continue our efforts to bring case numbers down towards the very low levels we achieved in June and July. In that regard, it is very good news that our estimates of the R number are well below one – in the region of 0.5 – 0.8.”
- With reporting by Sean Murray
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The only time motorcycling makes the news is when there are bad accidents or deaths. It is strange anything GAA gets into the news but motorcycling does not until there is an accident. The North West 200 at one stage was getting quarter of a million people at it, you wouldn’t get that on RTE as many go to it from here, Britain and the rest of the world but motorcycling is seen as a sport not worthy to be reported unless there are accidents at it?
Michael
I have made complaint to Rte sports and elsewhere regarding racing rally cars and motorcycle after waiting over the twenty working days to reply to me their response was my complaint could not be accepted as a complaint and instead they forwarded it to their feedback . Their response was Rte don’t have the money for this sport I would urge everyone to make a compliant to complaints@rte.ie
Firstly I wish those who were involved in yesterday’s accident a speedy recovery hope they will be ok!
Secondly well said Alan you can be guaranteed there was over 100k spectators at yesterday’s races more than any other sporting event which took place in either Ireland or the UK but not one Irish media outlet will cover it and the only reason this article is on here is sadly because a spectator was involved if it was just the riders nobody would give a crap, we have Irish riders taking part in top level motorcycling events all over the world and they get no coverage from our home media, shame on our sports media!
Alan, the only way to get them to notice is through the license fee???
Robbie we all know who makes up RTE staff and management???
I get the feeling that guys at RTE think anyone on a bike is a thug.Even when the do articles on charity bike runs ect it’s almost always as if people should be shocked to see bikers doing anything good.
As for road racing I don’t think it even enters their minds.Even when they did give it a look in on RPM motor sport it was always on in the middle of the night.In fact their coverage of all motor sports sucks.
very true Michael as sad as an accident is more people die riding horses than racing bikes, nw200 is the biggest attended sporting event on this island.
Hope all recover fully
Motorcycle road racing down country roads and between stone walls is addictive, perhaps it’s the danger that hooks both participants and spectators. In comparison, circuit racing is very safe, but for softies. But if we remove all the voluntary risk from life, those of us who need a bit of excitement will just die slowly from obesity and boredom.
Hope the people involved will make a full recovery it’s typically of the media the Journal and Rte included there would not be a mention of this race on the Journal Rte or anywhere else on their sports only that there was this accident and now all the media is jumping in. It reminds me of the people mulling around a car accident to see what is going to happen next. SAD.
I would also like the Journal to respond to my comments I have made I would be very interested to read them
I contact newstalk every year before cookstown to ask them to cover our sport and the basically ignored me.
They probably won’t! Typical
I have followed road racing for 25 years plus and this always happens when an accident happens. How come you never report on the road races that go ahead with no accidents? Or how about mention the fantastic racing that happened yesterday after the races were restarted. No doubt the journal will be waiting for an accident to happen in the Isle of Man so they can report on that also. Shameful
true Shane the independent had it on there site as well the same happened at skerries a couple of years ago when a spectator was injured, I understand these incidents are news but so is the brilliance of the rider’s.
All road racing, bikes and cars, should be outlawed!
Yes agree with all of the above. Only time motorcycle sport gets any coverage in Irish media is when there is a death, accident or other negative and unfortunate incident. Despite the fact that NW brings a crowd of 100k or more and goes on for a week the only news reported is an accident!
All road racing, bikes and cars, should be outlawed!
All road racing should be outlawed!
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