RTE news : 4,152 new Covid-19 cases with 543 people in hospital

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  1. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 118 (+1)

    – Admissions: 6

    – Discharges: 3

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: +4.2%

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

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 543 (+38)

    – New cases in hospital: 86

    – Discharges: 31

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: -7.3%

    **Reported Deaths**

    – This week (up to 2021-12-08): 81 (+26)

    – Week-on-week change: +47.3%

    **Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 4152 (-1438)

    – Week-on-week change: +4.0%

    **PCR Testing**

    – Total positive swabs today: 4215 (+55)

    – Percentage of swabs positive today: 12.8%

    – 7-day positivity rate: 14.6%

    – Week-on-week absolute change in 7-day positivity rate: +0.7%

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2021-12-07): 1034077

    – Percentage of total population: 20.8%

    – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +3.7%

    *”Week-on-week change” is the total for the most recent 7 days, relative to the total for the preceding 7 days.
    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/)*.*

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