Covid-19: 6,329 positive PCRs, 4,810 positive antigen tests, 1,006 in hospital and 97 in ICU

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  1. Dropping fast, hopefully by February the nightlife of this country is back up and running.

  2. Safe to say we’d need to multiply the antigen numbers by two for a more accurate figure?

    Or are they fairly on the money considering, as far as I know, you need to upload your antigen test to get a Recovery cert?

  3. That is a crazy drop. Does the fact that under 40s don’t need to get a PCR come into it I wonder? Presumably a good chunk of people who have it aren’t bothering to upload antigen test results?

  4. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 97 (+9)

    – Admissions: 11

    – Discharges: 1

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: +21.3%

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

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 1006 (+45)

    – New Covid-19-positive admissions: 64

    – New cases in hospital: 98

    – Discharges: 30

    – Week-on-week change in new Covid-19-positive admissions: -9.7%

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: -7.1%

    **Reported Deaths**

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

    – Week-on-week change: +107.5%

    **PCR Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 6329 (-4424)

    – Week-on-week change: -30.9%

    **PCR Testing**

    – Total positive swabs today: 6283 (-2582)

    – Percentage of swabs positive today: 36.9%

    – 7-day positivity rate: 45.2%

    – Week-on-week absolute change in 7-day positivity rate: -6.3%

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2022-01-16): 2560766

    – Percentage of total population: 51.4%

    – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +2.4%

    *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/)*.*

  5. I got covid on new years eve, recovered now and testing negative on antigens.

    I was not able to get a PCR test as they were all booked out.

    They have no changed the rules and I’m actually too young to get a PCR test as of maybe a week ago?

    Now.. I can’t get a booster shot for another 3 months. And to get into a pub or restaurant you need a booster shot, or prove that you had covid.

    So what the feck am I to do in my situation? How can I prove that I have recovered from covid if I could only do antigen tests at home?

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