Almost 16,000 Covid 19 Cases Recorded In The Last Week.

Thursday, 4 November 2021 09:41

NPHET says the 19 to 24 age-group has the highest incidence rate.

Only twice in the whole pandemic were Covid cases higher than they were over the past week.

There have been 15,740 in the most recent week, and only two weeks around the New Year were higher.

NPHET says the 19 to 24 age-group has the highest incidence rate.

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 3,174* confirmed cases of #COVID19.

As of 8am today, 460 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 86 are in ICU.

*Daily case numbers may change due to future data validation.
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) November 3, 2021

Dr Gerald Barry, an assistant professor of virology in UCD, doesn't think people will reduce their social contacts - despite NPHET's request yesterday.

Only a small amount of elective surgeries are going ahead in the Saolta Group, which runs seven HSE hospitals in the west.

Chief executive Tony Canavan the majority are being cancelled, due to the Covid surge

There has been a total of 5,492* deaths related to COVID-19 notified in Ireland.

This includes 56 deaths newly notified in the past week (since last Wednesday).
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) November 3, 2021

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