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PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed a further 183 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, bringing the total number of cases to 73,228.
However, the actual number of positive cases that occurred in the last day may be higher due to an IT error.
At a press briefing this evening, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said that an IT error could have led to up to 100 cases having not been reported overnight.
Additionally, the Department of Health has reported that six more people have died with Covid-19.
The total number of people who have died with Covid-19 in Ireland now stands at 2,080.
Of the cases notified today, 82 are among men and 101 are among women, with 60% of the cases in people under the age of 45.
The median age of individuals with a positive case reported in today’s figures is 36 years old.
56 of the cases are in Dublin, 26 in Donegal, 13 in Limerick, 11 in Kilkenny, 11 in Monaghan, and the other 66 are spread across 15 counties.
As of 2pm today, 239 patients with Covid-19 are hospitalised, including 32 in ICU.
Ten additional hospitalisations have been made in the last 24 hours.
Validation of data at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has resulted in 21 previously confirmed cases being denotified, which is reflected in the standing total of 73,228 cases.
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The national 14-day incidence rate is currently at 79.7 per 100,000.
Donegal has the highest 14-day incidence of any country, with 212.3 cases for every 100,000 people.
The lowest incidence rates are in Clare, Kerry, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Leitrim, all of which reported either zero or fewer than five cases of Covid-19 today.
Yesterday, health officials confirmed five more deaths and 270 new cases.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that it is “important to keep up the progress that we have achieved in recent weeks”.
“Ireland now has the lowest 14-day incidence of Covid-19 in the EU, according the latest ECDC figures, and we need to hold firm to this position,” Holohan said.
“As the country moves into Level 3, there is no room for complacency in our response to Covid-19.”
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that widespread Covid-19 immunity in Ireland could be possible by next September, with hopes that a Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out by next month.
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Starting to think just leave it another month and get under 50. Christmas is overrated. 2021 go level 2 until Vaccy.
@Nothing_player: Any sign of level 0?
@Nothing_player: that’s what I said a few weeks ago and got berated on here for that comment.
@Nothing_player: Christmas in Ireland is incredibly overrated, it doesn’t need to drag on for 3-4 months of the year at all. People put all their eggs into one day of the year.
@paul mccoy: no talk of a return to things as before just the new normal etc. Given the fear factor being generated by our media and government its level one at best for the foreseeable future heaven help us
@Paul Cunningham: Easter is the holiday with the eggs
@Nothing_player: That’s it mate. Kick out the things that make people happy. Focus on the bad stuff like Covid and Ali Baba with his band of wannabes in NPHET
@Virus-free Turkey: not saying cancel. Maybe allow moving between countries and household visits 23- 26 Dec.
I’m no fan of Nphet but they rule all and obsessed with cases. If it’s a new year starting at Level 5 based on a spike for a few weeks before Christmas which there will be, I’d rather take the hit now if could start fresh at level 2 next year to get to vaccination.
Calm down la, it’s just an opinion . That’s what comments sections are for x
@Nothing_player: speak for yourself…. Christmas is special..
@Nothing_player: You’re alright. Not having a go. Just suffering NPHET fatigue. Not Covid fatigue… NPHET fatigue.
Looking forward to Christmas and the smiles on my grandkids faces. Not a lot to ask.
@Dangling Damo: Fear factor what fear factor, we have a deadly virus in our country that kills and leaves other with serious long term health issues.
@Virus-free Turkey: Yes that the Christmas Spirt. lets give loads of people a present that they will never forget, a possibly deadly virus.
Sincere condolences to the families who sadly lost loved ones, Thinking too of people in hospitals and ICU’s and their families.
Special praise for the dedicated frontline staff.
@Nuala Mc Namara: amen
Open the Wey Pubs …
@Paul Somers: no don’t. Don’t be complacent. Stay alive and be safe, cannot afford another lock down or death / funeral. .. not been able to pass respect to a neighbour or friend is heart breaking.
@Paul Somers: You must have a meal. So curds and wey are on the menu.
Enjoy yourself but keep the guard up, now open up the country, RIP to the deceased
According to RTE 6 One News.. there was a Computer Glitch at collecting numbers.. the numbers should be over 100 extra to today’s count.. UNBELIEVABLE
@Paul Somers: Very believable. Once in hundreds of days, a software related reporting error. Not bad.
@Paul Somers: Get George Lee off the TV ASAP as he revels in bad news and never has anything positive to report even when there is something positive (how ever small) to report. Mr Doom and Gloom
@Brendan McDermott: change the channel.
@Paul Somers: it is all a bit odd particularly when they issued a County by County breakdown of cases… where are the missing 100 cases from ?
I’m beginning to think they are going to fiddle the numbers now so we do not get too relaxed…. I’m trying to book a meal for tmw night and they are all booked out
@Brendan McDermott: I havent watched six one in months pointless
@Paul Somers: load of…. Anyone who works in tech knows that
@Paul Buckley: A computer glitch, yeah that never happens anybody,
@Simp Cuckington: love people that believe every conspiracy theory going, and then call other people sheep.
You are a sheep too, just following a different flock.
@Jason Ebbs: I’m more of a wolf
@Simp A geebag actually
@Simp Cuckington: you spelled parrot wrong.
@Simp Cuckington: don’t flatter yourself, more of a gerbil
Yayyy better looking numbers
@The Guy is Here: Shexy Too
@barry moore: evidence hahaha look around you, don’t see any sick people
@Simp Cuckington: actually yes I do. So come on provide evidence.
@Simp Cuckington: lucky you. For those of us who have seen people sick with this virus, die, and even struggle to recover its simply not funny.
@Simp Cuckington: say hi to Kermit.
@Mark: really showing your intellect Mark, maybe go read a book and educate yourself
@Simp Cuckington: I see your straggling to find evidence to back up your claim.
@barry moore: *struggling
@barry moore: *you’re
@Simp Cuckington: you think viruses are visible to the naked eye now?
never happy. They should be questioning why deaths from october and november are still coming in given the importance of these numbers to guage where we stand in our decisions to open or close the country.
@Dangling Damo: registering a death is done by the families and they have 3 months to register a death. Most are done within a few weeks but some aren’t.
typical low case numbers. someone forgot to add some numbers to the spreadsheet. hse only started to test in letterkenny hospital yesterday after the outbreak starting a month ago. no routine testing of staff or patients. absolute disgrace bet theres no mention of that in the briefing.
@Simp Cuckington: Oh are you a big strong independent thinking shepherd? Go away ye conspiracy window-licking mog.
@LangerDan: that’s not very nice! Do you always throw your toy out the pram when you can’t handle the truth ? Hahaha typical libtard
@Simp Cuckington: your idea of the truth comes from memes and Karens
@Simp Cuckington: amazing the cult keywords these parrots can learn without the capacity to understand their meaning.
@Simp Cuckington: Well said SimpC. I blocked L-Dan’s vile comments 6 months ago. He’s obnoxious, poisonous even. Bad for the spirit.
@LangerDan: This is an absolutely disgraceful post. Saying someone is “window-licking” is clearly referring to them as mentally handicapped. With all your virtue signalling on COVID you’d think you would know better. Horrible.
@Simp Cuckington: Libtard etc can you be any more predictable. Make comments dont back them up and have an overblown opinion of yourself. You a male gemma
Stop the count, the wirus has won…by a lot!
@BuffaloSoldiersky: *Virus
@BuffaloSoldiersky: Sounded better the first time.
@jakey: I’ll try again 2024
@BuffaloSoldiersky: That was for the Polish readers on here.
@annaxii: I knew Anna Anna would be back. Where are the stats?
@T Dawg: Covid 19 hub it is all there
numbers not right because of a computer fault on rte news
@annaxii: Ana got a new job it seems.
I reckon Arsenal should select Ozil in their match day squad in January, they they some creativity in the midfield to support laca and Auba
An IT issue?????
Ooh, not enough numbers to justify their curfew, todos cahoñes el carona
I reckon a large percentage of the people in Donegal must have had the virus by now, cases staying stubbornly high.
@Margaret Hunt: What constitutes ‘stubbornly high’? There’s only just under 200 cases today (or 300 of the IT issue is fixed). How many are in Donegal?
@Jim Lingk: never mind, I looked up the recent stats from a few days ago. We were (and are) easily brainwashed into looking at the rate per 100,000 as a measuring stick. Donegal has a rate of a more than 2 per 1000. Most of the other ‘worst’ counties have a rate of about 0.8 to 1.5 per thousand.
The difference in rates epr hundred thousand here is statistically tiny.
@annaxii: Is that you Anna?
Why is Varadkars name in the first line if this article ?
@Simp Cuckington: are you a sheep
@Tony Lyons: more a shape shifting reptile
1.1% of this countrys population have got the virus with a 97% recovery. Enough said! #countryonitkneesfornothing
@Patrick Khan: 3% of the people who have caught it have died the long covid numbers are still not clear, some countries are showing 10% some more.
So we let the virus run free and everyone gets it.
That would be close to 150,000 people dead and nearly half a million or more with serious health issues.
Nothing to worry about at all.
@Tadhg O’Mahony: Vincent is an acupuncturist
@Tadhg O’Mahony: pseudoscience! My favourite!
Dr Death and Co working hard on getting high numbers
numbers
Things you love to see
NPHET are doing their best to open and close the country.
Bravo!
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