Coronavirus: 10,404 new cases confirmed in Ireland · TheJournal.ie

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1. All gone to shit since we closed the schools on Wednesday

2. ICU cases up a tick [to 91](https://twitter.com/COVID19DataIE/status/1475091533049307138)

3. Open the turkey sandwiches

4. That puts us at 59,147 cases this week. Highest weekly amount recorded since the pandemic started.

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   **A list of previous weeks (Mon-Sun) for anyone interested**:

   [**A graph of weekly cases.**](https://i.imgur.com/9GrKoet.png)

   *All information gathered on [**gov.ie**](https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/d42d2-updates-on-covid-19-coronavirus-from-october-2021/) from the Department of Health.*

   * Week 40 – 9,533

   * Week 41 – 11,991

   * Week 42 – 14,772 [List of restrictions lifted 22nd October](https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/83946-public-health-measures-that-will-come-into-place-in-october/)

   * Week 43 – 15,752

   * Week 44 – 23,795

   * Week 45 – 27,504

   * Week 46 – 30,538

   * Week 47 – 31,103

   * Week 48 – 34,231

   * Week 49 – 29,500 [List of restrictions starting 7th December](https://i.imgur.com/QWiR6Tg.png)

   * Week 50 – 33,036

   * Week 51 – 59,147 (**This Week**)

5. Oh shit.

6. **Cases in ICU**

   – Today: 91 (+4)

   – Admissions: 6

   – Discharges: 1

   – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: -34.7%

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

   **Cases in Hospital**

   – Today: 426 (+48)

   – New Covid-19-Positive Admissions: 36

   – Discharges: 14

   – New cases in hospital: 50

   – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: +28.4%

   **Reported Deaths**

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

   – Week-on-week change: +17.0%

   **Confirmed Cases**

   – Today: 10404 (-3361)

   – Week-on-week change: +79.0%

   **PCR Testing**

   – No test data today.

   **Boosters/Third Doses**

   – Total administered (as of 2021-12-24): 1984818

   – Percentage of total population: 39.8%

   – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +10.0%

   *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/)*.*

7. Anyone else finding it impossible to book a PCR test? I’ve been trying for two days straight and not a single appointment

8. 10,404 confirmed cases.

   Been hell getting a PCR so I’d imagine it’s so much higher.

9. I blame midnight mass 🤣

10. Comments on Journal … oof!

11. So hospitals are still going strong tho right ?

12. not divisible

13. Plenty of scientists and experts coming out now saying this is it for the pandemic. Great to hear. Don’t let the numbers fool, it’s good that more people are getting it and building up immunity.

    Cases are going to surge big time for the next little while then drastically drop in the new year.

14. Quick… close the bookies that will fix it 😂

15. Close the Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers Visitor Experience & Tasting Experience

16. Big drop from yesterday, time to open up.

17. Down 3000 from yesterday, keep up this pace and we’re sorted by New Years!

18. I actually caught covid in a pub after 8pm on Sunday. Fuck sake 😀

19. Vaccinated 7 months ago, not had a booster yet . I got covid Xmas eve, don’t know where or how, now the whole house has it. It’s been fine though, so far just had a runny nose. Getting it is not a death sentence, so don’t panic if you do, just do the right thing and isolate.

20. K

21. It’s like the flu but everyone’s gone mad

22. Be grand.

23. Hopefully it’ll Peter out now…

24. I’ve been saying since day one that you could probably double the official number to account for all the people who either can’t get tested or just won’t bother getting tested.

25. Close the shopping centres.