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PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed a further 3,231 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, with the chief medical officer saying that the virus has “taken root in every single part of the country”.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has reported that 60 more people have died with Covid-19.
59 of the deaths occurred in January 2021 and one occurred in December 2020.
The latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in Ireland to 169,780 and the death toll to 2,595.
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 1,854 patients with a confirmed case of Covid-19 are hospitalised, of whom 191 are in ICU.
119 additional hospitalisations have been made in the last 24 hours.
Validation of data at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) has led to one death and seven cases that were previously confirmed being identified, which is reflected in the current running totals of cases and deaths.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that the virus has “taken root in every single part of the country”.
“A significant percentage of the population – in excess of 1 in 10 in some counties – is currently either a case or a close contact,” Dr Holohan said.
When you consider that a significant percentage of our daily cases will directly lead to hospitalisation and mortality, the urgency with which we need to act becomes clear.The improvements in cases is not happening fast enough. Too many people are still not complying as fully as we need with the advice. There are early indications that we may be levelling off in terms of improvement, but at far, far too high a level of infection.
Dr Holohan said the spread of the variant from the UK is “likely making our challenge more difficult”.
“Please follow the public health advice. The safest place at the moment is at home. Please stay at home,” he asked.
The national 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 in Ireland is now at 1,530.2 per 100,000 people.
In Dublin, where 931 new cases were confirmed today, the incidence rate is 1775.7 per 100,000.
Longford reported the fewest new cases of any county today, with just five new cases confirmed in today’s figures.
Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory Dr Cillian De Gascun said that it is “inevitable” that the variant from the UK will become the dominant variant in Ireland.
De Gascun said that the UK variant has adapted to us: simply put, it is better at moving from person to person when we come into contact”.
“So what we must do is reduce its opportunities to spread by cutting out socialising. Stay home. Do not visit anyone else’s home. Do not attend illegal gatherings,” he said.
Remember the simple and effective measures from springtime – wash your hands well and often, wear a mask, cough and sneeze into your elbow, keep two metres of space from others, and phone your GP at the very first sign of Covid-19 symptoms.”
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that in hindsight the government would not have chosen to relax Covid-19 restrictions as much as it did in December.
Speaking to Virgin Media News, Martin said that “in hindsight, knowing what we know now, would we have done what we did a month ago? Obviously not.”
“Nobody predicted, in any model, the level of community transmission that we’re currently experiencing,” Martin said.
“But at the time we were coming out of a six-week Level 5 series of restrictions. That was preceded by a Level 3 max series of restrictions.”
Yesterday, there were 50 deaths and 3,498 new cases confirmed in Ireland.
Deaths of people with Covid-19 are not reported in real time but may have occurred over a period of several days.
The number of deaths reported on a given day, therefore, does not necessarily mean that a person with Covid-19 died within the previous 24-hour period or even the preceding few days.
In the early days of the pandemic, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan urged families, despite the difficulty, to register their loved ones deaths as early as possible so that health officials could gain an accurate picture of mortality.
Essentially, there is a delay between when a person dies from Covid-19 and the National Public Health Emergency Team being informed of their passing.
Additional reporting by Cónal Thomas
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And your goolies shrivel up. Not much good lookin like Mr. Universe everywhere except where it counts
Ah balls are over rated anyway… its not like you say to the woman.. Come here and check out this set of balls I have, they’re fantastic looking… Look at me ball bag, its like a bit of elbow skin…
Liam. Are they not used for producing the correct level of hormones that are essential for nearly every part of the body to function properly ? What happens when you stop usinig steroids and your left with damaged nuts. You is Fuc*ed man.
What happens when they can’t preform in the bed???
It be all body no action
Use the brain not the vein
Their goolies and their brains. Goolies – hehe haven’t heard that word in a long time.
A family member was proscribed steroids as part of his chemo plan . The hospital gave him 3 times the standard dose which he took for a week. I have never seen anyone in such distress or trauma . Although administered correctly they have an important role to play in fighting infections, they terrify me. Roid Rage is 100% real
If you’re an assh*le before you go on the juice, you’ll be a bigger assh*le after you start taking steroids. You don’t magically become angry when you’re on steroids, but you become more emotional and your emotions may seem dramatic than before, so of you have anger problems before, then you’re anger could become worse, but if you don’t then you should be alright mental-wise. The health risks of taking roids are real though, and anyone thinking of going on the juice definitely needs to research their stuff and weight it up.
Good to see someone comment on something they seem to have knowledge on and not the usual clown banging in about how steroids turn you into an angry,aggressive monster .as the man said anyone thinking of doing steroids do your homework and don’t just listen to the pumped up guy swanning around in his vest in the middle of winter .
People have this misconception about steroid users that they’re all like the hulk. While some of them may look like them, the vast majority are calm, nice people who take them because of the added performance they give you. There are crazy ‘gains’ to be made on gear but as I said before, they take a massive toll on your body. You should never think about ‘roids until you’ve been lifting for at least 5 years and even then you don’t need them. You can look great without them, but if you’re goal is to be an IFBB pro then go ahead.
My family member wasn’t and isn’t an an A$$hole. He is a very sick man who was completely over proscribed steroids which had an extremely negative affect on him. This wasn’t too bulk up in the gym or a vanity project . Administered correctly I know they have an important part to play however he was given a near toxic dose . Red arrow all the way , I amnt being alarmist here I witnessed someone completely spinning out on them and I will never forget it. Please be careful of steroids.
Well yeah if he was given a ‘near toxic dose’ then he doesn’t need to have prior anger issues for ‘roid rage’ to affect him. Sorry to offend you if I did, but the fact is, a normal cycle of steroids will not cause you to be angry if you don’t already have this problem. A toxic dose of anything will cause crazy things to happen, if I took 2 packs of nurofen and died, would that mean anyone who takes a nurofen tablet will die? No, so don’t bad mouth something on the basis of an extreme case that was your relative’s treatment.
Hi Derek I am not bad mouthing steroids , reread my post and I say that administered correctly they have a place . Yes they terrify me and I was honest enough to qualify my response and explain why they terrify me so much. I agree wholehearted with you that anything on the inside can be magnified through the consumption of alcohol, drugs whether proscribed or not. Ps guy on steroids makes for unhappy girlfriend in bedroom
The only common anabolic steroid with strong link to aggression would never be prescribed by a medical professional. It is intended for equine use, yet often used by humans without a prescription.
Derek’s comment is spot on. Anabolic steroids make more of what you are. If you are an arse before them, you’re an even bigger arse afterwards. Often the acts of aggression committed by anabolic steroid users are actually a result of head injuries and trauma – WWE wrestler Chris Benoit is a famous example.
Distubingly high rate of hep c in users. The sharing of needles is obviously prevalent among those injecting
Aoso known as smarties
Wrong
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