Coronavirus: 7,411 new cases confirmed in Ireland · TheJournal.ie

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  1. >It is imperative that all of us, to the greatest extent possible, make every effort we can in the next two to three weeks to only meet with members of our own households.

    They really need to be realistic.

  2. I don’t think anyone really cares anymore.

    Dunnes today was absolutely fucking rammed with people. Every till in use and queues going well into the aisles.

    And then everyone is going to meet up in groups to celebrate Christmas/New Years over the coming week to two weeks.

    Cases will likely skyrocket into January again.

    As long as hospitalisations stay low I guess raw case numbers doesn’t really matter though.

  3. Anyone know what I should do if I can’t manage to get a PCR test booked and have a positive antigen test? I definitely have this woeful thing, was taking an antigen test last few days before meeting friends and then developed symptoms overnight. Hadn’t gone out much so struck me as odd. Can’t get through to my GP, clinic phoneline is out since they’re just doing boosters. So, did another self-test this afternoon and as expected was positive. All the HSE test places are booked out so it’s a balls, since a lot of the health guidelines just revolve around what I and close contacts should do once a positive PCR test is received.

    Obviously I’ve done everything like contact all my close contacts, family at home is restricting movements and I’m isolating in my room. We’re pretty much just going off the advice of a PCR test result, but would nevertheless like to get one done to confirm fully and for contact tracing purposes. Is there a way for me to report it to the HSE?

    God this is such a fucking balls of a time to get it, easily my shittiest year so far and then to end on this note when I had quite nice plans for Christmas and New Years. For anyone else self-isolating right now and into 2021 hope ye all get through it fine and hopefully ye can find a way to enjoy it regardless. Absolute shit craic.

  4. Im usually the person who says its grand and everything should be open etc mainly because ive had it but this is worrying. Its not just one or two people i know who have its almost everyone. Ive taken it easy this december but i cant get away from it. My sister tested positive so i did my 5 days then got out and went to meet one friend and im back in iso again. Christmas ruined. Stay safe out there.

  5. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 98 (-2)

    – Admissions: 4

    – Discharges: 5

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: -20.8%

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

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 393 (+3)

    – New Covid-19-Positive Admissions: 42

    – Discharges: 53

    – New cases in hospital: 68

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: +13.0%

    **Reported Deaths**

    – This week (up to 2021-12-22): 55 (+8)

    – Week-on-week change: +17.0%

    **Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 7411 (+1104)

    – Week-on-week change: +34.1%

    **PCR Testing**

    – Total positive swabs today: 9192 (+1910)

    – Percentage of swabs positive today: 24.4%

    – 7-day positivity rate: 18.4%

    – Week-on-week absolute change in 7-day positivity rate: +4.2%

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2021-12-22): 1869667

    – Percentage of total population: 37.5%

    – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +10.1%

    *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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