17,656 new Covid cases, 40 further deaths notified

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  1. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 94 (+4)

    – Admissions: 7

    – Discharges: 3

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: +13.9%

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

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 928 (+44)

    – New Covid-19-positive admissions: 74

    – New cases in hospital: 173

    – Discharges: 105

    – Week-on-week change in new Covid-19-positive admissions: +89.3%

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: +90.4%

    **Reported Deaths**

    – This week (up to 2022-01-05): 40 (+18)

    – Week-on-week change: +81.8%

    **Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 17656 (-3646)

    – Week-on-week change: +82.8%

    **PCR Testing**

    – Total positive swabs today: 18433 (-2643)

    – Percentage of swabs positive today: 52.1%

    – 7-day positivity rate: 50.4%

    – Week-on-week absolute change in 7-day positivity rate: +15.8%

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2022-01-04): 2238302

    – Percentage of total population: 44.9%

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

    *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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