Covid-19: Further 21,384 cases, with 984 in hospital

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  1. That puts us at 149,193 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/nOnHmvz.png)

    *All information gathered on [**gov.ie**](https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/20f2e0-updates-on-covid-19-coronavirus-since-january-2020/#2022) from the Department of Health.*

    * 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

    * Week 52 – 113,185

    * Week 01(2022) – 149,193 (**This Week**)

  2. **Cases in ICU**

    – Today: 83 (+0)

    – Admissions: 7

    – Discharges: 6

    – Week-on-week change in ICU admissions: +2.3%

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

    **Cases in Hospital**

    – Today: 984 (+67)

    – New Covid-19-positive admissions: 72

    – New cases in hospital: 133

    – Discharges: 58

    – Week-on-week change in new Covid-19-positive admissions: +26.3%

    – Week-on-week change in new cases in hospital: +26.1%

    **Reported Deaths**

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

    – Week-on-week change: +81.8%

    **Confirmed Cases**

    – Today: 21384 (-4738)

    – Week-on-week change: +31.8%

    **PCR Testing**

    – No testing data today.

    **Boosters/Third Doses**

    – Total administered (as of 2022-01-08): 2382753

    – Percentage of total population: 47.8%

    – Week-on-week absolute increase in boosted population: +3.6%

    *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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