Covid: 10,571 new cases announced in Ireland, 896 in hospital and 90 in ICU

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  1. We need to stop with these numbers and restrictions now and start living while we have a chance. The hesitation from the government is so annoying.

    He’s going to announce tomorrow the lifting of restrictions next week! Just get on with it

  2. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 90 (+0)

    – Admissions: 8

    – Discharges: 8

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: -5.6%

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 896 (-15)

    – New Covid-19-positive admissions: 46

    – New cases in hospital: 122

    – Discharges: 87

    – Week-on-week change in new Covid-19-positive admissions: -16.2%

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: -14.3%

    **Reported Deaths**

    – This week (up to 2022-01-19): 52 (-31)

    – Week-on-week change: -37.3%

    **PCR Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 5523 (-1320)

    – Week-on-week change: -56.2%

    **PCR Testing**

    – Total positive swabs today: 5588 (-1248)

    – Percentage of swabs positive today: 29.2%

    – 7-day positivity rate: 37.3%

    – Week-on-week absolute change in 7-day positivity rate: -13.2%

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2022-01-19): 2612675

    – Percentage of total population: 52.4%

    – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +2.0%

    *Stats calculated from data at* [GeoHive](https://covid-19.geohive.ie).

  3. One of them there is me, so fucking tired, achey, agitated, head feels like it’s going to explode with every cough, this sucks major donkey balls.

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