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A FURTHER 1,296 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland, figures released by the National Public Health Emergency Team this evening show.
Health officials also confirmed that a further six people with Covid-19 have died.
There have now been 2,200 deaths in Ireland linked with Covid-19, along with 85,394 cases of the virus.
The number of new cases reported today is the highest amount of Covid-19 infections reported in a single day in the Republic of Ireland, surpassing the previous record of 1,276 on 17 October.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan expressed concern that the number of new cases was more than 1,000 for the second day in a row.
“Within a few short weeks of easing measures at the beginning of December, we have now returned to the very high levels of Covid-19 circulating in the community that we have not seen since the peak of wave two of this disease,” he said.
“While today is a positive day with the arrival of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty, it does not mean that we can relax our adherence to public health measures.”
Holohan urged the public to stay at home and avoid social contact where possible, including visiting friends and family and inviting visitors to one’s home.
He added: “Our adherence to public health advice will remain our best defence against this disease and help us protect our vulnerable loved ones from the effects of Covid-19.”
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To think there’s a family out there who’s probably been looking for that poor girl for the last twenty years , it’s very sad .
And what about the disappeared don’t they count?
How do you lose a skull?
The poor girl,how could she ever rest in peace,no family as yet,buried in a place she probably never knew,from her shoulders down in a coffin and her skull probably in a box in a basement somewhere..such a sad story..your right Jane how do you lose a skull..
My parents were involved in the recovery of the body of a man in the early 2000′s (?) in the Shannon Estuary. That man has never been identified. He was given a state burial in Ennis. Another member of the rescue crew entered a competition on Clare FM a short time after to win a headstone. The competition called for people to write their own epitaph. He wrote one for the unidentified man and won. “All you people of Co. Clare, kneel down here and say a prayer, for the man from God knows where”. Very sad to think that there is no name on that headstone.
That made me go cold. What a lovely thing to do for someone and a lovely epitaph.Unclaimed bodies always make me feel so terribly sad, lost souls,some never missed and others never found.
With technology and communication being so advanced it is hard to believe this persons family or friends can not be located ..very sad story ..
Great and sensitive article.
another massive Fail for the Irish State – We are good at failure.
Thats the sad thing about stories like this, maybe no family to miss her! Like the lady who’s body was found in the sea in clontarff I dont think she was even identified never mind been missed! We all take it so much for granted that everyone has family! Cherish yours everyday♡♡
A pretty epic fail really by forensic standards. No dental xrays,no chance of facial reconstrustion. Plus its just bad form to loose a part of someone,how’d you even do that its not exactly a set if keys!
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