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THE DEPARTMENT OF Health has confirmed an error in a report published last Friday which recorded a death from coronavirus in a nursing home occurring as early as mid-February.
A census of mortality across all residential care facilities in Ireland was carried out over the weekend of 18 April in order to gain a clearer picture of mortality in Ireland’s long-term residential care facilities.
The report was published on the Department website on Friday last.
A laboratory confirmed death in a nursing home was recorded as having occurred between 17 – 23 February, over one week before public health officials confirmed the country’s first case of Covid-19 and over one month before Ireland’s first confirmed death in a long-term residential care facility.
The reported death came about as a result of an error by a nursing home, the Department of Health has confirmed today.
According to a statement, the Department checked back with the nursing home on its report and it was confirmed “that this return was an error by the nursing home”.
The Department’s data has now been updated to reflect the amendment.
“Analysis of this data is still ongoing and the graph will continue to be updated as needed in line with any further validation of the data,” the spokesperson added.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is the official source of mortality data, they said, adding that HPSC data records the first confirmed Covid-19 death in Ireland in a long-term residential care facility as having occurred on 29 March.
The census, however, also records 30 “probable deaths” from Covid-19 in nursing homes occurring between 24 February and 29 March, the date of the first confirmed Covid-19 death in long-term residential care facilities.
Last night, health officials confirmed that a further 37 people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland.
A further 265 cases of Covid-19 were also confirmed here, bringing the total number of cases in Ireland to 22,248.
The overall death toll from the virus in Ireland is 1,375.
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breaks!!!! put a brake on the spell check their lads!!!
That’s the least of your worries if you drive a Renault
Don’t you mean “there lads!!!” Give me a brake.. Er I mean break
ha ha…. fair cop Sinead! !!!!!!
Trying to get it to start would be more of an issue!!
Ok Michael…. first, what’s a brake nose?? second Renault cars are not produced in Ireland. Dose anybody actually proof read anything in the Journal??
“dose” anybody lol
Pontius
That is what I would call a mixed up Renault
Sorry to be a grammar nazi, but – *brakes
In 2012 i had called the aa out to jump start my car which had been sat up for a few months and was chatting away to the lad. he said that about a quarter of all call outs they were getting were for 2011 fluences. No car is bulletproof and every model will have faults, but french cars are and have for a long time been notorious. Poor build quality, poor reliability, horrific electrics and short warranties.
How’s a 5 year warranty short? An Audi only has a 2 yr one ..
French cars in general, and Renault in particular, are absolute rubbish. Their only redeeming feature is comfortable seats.
Breaks??
This is just one of many manufacturer recalls on vehicles on Irish roads and really is a non news story. No mention of the fact that the owners of any vehicles will be contacted directly to advise of a rework. Anyone concerned can contact their local dealer with the chassis number who will confirm if the vehicle is one that falls under the recall.
You need a 10 year warranty with VW, Audi, BMW,Opel any of the German crap except Merc…. They have kept the standards high… As for the French cars…… forget it , waste of metal
We had a scenic til earlier this year..Over it but wrought with issues ..first the whole electronic dash board went and had to be replaced. .We paid the reduced rate of £ 170 as it was known to be faulty ( normally £900+). then the electronic handbrake went and although also known to be faulty it was going to cost £370 for part and god knows what for labour. For us it wasn’t worth fixing at that cost ..but I did love that car!
Ask your local mechanic who’s electric handbrakes fail most: I think you’ll find VW is the winner of that title. …
…which is one reason why Skoda is popular : std keys, handbrake, suspension.
I dont want to brake your balls …but it’s “braking” & “brakes”.
I’m guilty of relying on autocorrect (dont) above so I can’t be too critical.
brakes
Renaults are terrible. Any person I’ve ever known to drive one says they’re nothing but trouble.
141 merc it’s being back twice now I’am glad I did’nt pay for it
I have a Renault Clio and a few times the accelerator has got stuck down at full speed, and wont release. I have had to put my foot under the pedal and pull it back up. Anyone else experience this?!
I presume they mean “brake hose”.
Break nose?
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