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Coronavirus: 9,441 new cases and 639 patients in hospital, including 58 in ICU

The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this afternoon.

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have reported 5,035 positive PCR cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today.

Additionally, 4,406 more positive antigen tests have been registered on the HSE website, bringing the day’s cases to a combined total of 9,441.

As of 8am this morning, 639 patients with Covid-19 were in hospital, including 58 in intensive care.

Yesterday, the Department of Health reported an additional 5,286 PCR-confirmed cases and 4,613 positive antigen tests.

635 people with Covid-19 were in hospital, including 63 in ICU.

It was also confirmed yesterday that there had been a total of 108 deaths related to Covid-19 newly notified in the previous seven days. In total, 6,399 people have died with Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Meanwhile, the rules around the wearing of face masks on public transport, in shops and in schools look set to be relaxed. The requirement to wear masks in certain settings will be examined when the National Public Health Emergency Team meets later today.

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    Feb 17th 2022, 3:13 PM

    Is it a nudie sort of a thing , father?

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    Mute Liam Ó hAodha
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    Feb 17th 2022, 3:48 PM

    @JillyBean: sure I may as well wonder in

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    Feb 17th 2022, 4:10 PM

    @JillyBean: that would be an ecumenical matter

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    Feb 17th 2022, 9:09 PM

    @JillyBean: Cowboys Ted, a bunch of cowboys

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    Feb 17th 2022, 3:58 PM

    Left a long comment (disappeared) clarifying that deaths are no longer being reported weekly but daily Mon to Fri only on the hub and covid app

    This explains why the covid app figures have not matched the weekly figures the last few days even though it still uses the word “weekly”.

    Following today (16 February 2022), weekly reporting (on Wednesdays) of newly notified deaths related to COVID-19 will no longer occur. Daily reporting of deaths related to COVID-19 will be updated Monday-Friday on the HPSC’s Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland data hub and Ireland’s COVID-19 data hub.

    https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/c3e99-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-wednesday-16-february/

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    Feb 17th 2022, 6:47 PM

    So long NPHET

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    Feb 17th 2022, 8:20 PM

    @Will Roche: NPHET along with many other so called ‘health experts’ across the globe will be on the chopping block in the coming months. We haven’t seen the last of the likes of Tony and his crew

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    Feb 18th 2022, 10:17 AM

    @Jim Smith: is it dark down in your rabbit

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    Feb 18th 2022, 10:18 AM

    @Jim Smith: sure they will. Get off bitchute for a bit.

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    Feb 21st 2022, 5:58 PM

    @Will Roche: Tony will do anything to hold onto the power he craves.

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    Feb 17th 2022, 7:35 PM

    How come now that they are disregarding face masks that he is suddenly pictured wearing one? Sure if a pair of jocks can’t hold in a fart how can a piece of cloth stop a disease.

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    Feb 18th 2022, 6:22 AM

    So when the covid passports goin?

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    Feb 21st 2022, 5:57 PM

    Your some man for one man Tony,

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