Covid-19: 17,065 new confirmed cases, 1,023 in hospital and 83 in ICU

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  1. By comparison to last winter, ICU numbers were 26 on Dec 27th 2020, and 169 by this day last year.

    This time around, 91 in ICU Dec 27 2021 and 83 today.

    Omicron is going to burn itself out long before it can catch up with the ICU numbers that peaked around 220 at end of Jan in last year’s slower transmitting, longer lasting infections.

  2. A lot of people were insisting the cases would spiral out of control, that thankfully doesn’t seem to be the case so far

  3. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 83 (-9)

    – Admissions: 6

    – Discharges: 14

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: +48.7%

    – ICU admissions not fully vaxed (in the 8 weeks up to 2021-11-20): 58.9%

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 1020 (+9)

    – New Covid-19-positive admissions: 95

    – New cases in hospital: 153

    – Discharges: 102

    – Week-on-week change in new Covid-19-positive admissions: +4.0%

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: +2.7%

    **Reported Deaths**

    – This week (up to 2022-01-12): 83 (+43)

    – Week-on-week change: +107.5%

    **Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 17065 (-1839)

    – Week-on-week change: +3.9%

    **PCR Testing**

    – Total positive swabs today: 16241 (-3676)

    – Percentage of swabs positive today: 45.2%

    – 7-day positivity rate: 50.1%

    – Week-on-week absolute change in 7-day positivity rate: -0.2%

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2022-01-13): 2510549

    – Percentage of total population: 50.4%

    – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +2.7%

    *Stats calculated from data at* [GeoHive](https://covid-19.geohive.ie). *ICU vax status data from* [HPSC](https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/surveillance/vaccinationstatusweeklyreports/)*.*

  4. I don’t want to be that guy, but I’m really concerned by these numbers. I’m frontline nurse since 1983. I’m immunocompromised so although I’ve had 3 x vax my actual booster due 25/01. Caught it from my (fully vaxxed) retail worker daughter 6 days ago, (I’m positive antigen x every day lol & super symptomatic) – she is now day 10 & out of isolation. Neither of us have even received a DATE for pcr test & im expected back to work Monday. The testing system seems to have completely collapsed & for the first time I doubt the case numbers (still behind the hospitalisation/ICU cases, they are much more accurate) – omicron is fecking EVERYWHERE, after 2 years I genuinely thought I’d dodged it. Please, PLEASE continue to take care, I’ve had a ‘mild’ case but honestly wouldn’t wish it on anyone

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