(Reminder - cases tonight are underreported due to backlog)
⚠️ Holohan warns “incidence of #COVID19 is as high - if not higher now - than it was in March.
“Hospitalisations are rising to levels close to what we saw in the springtime. Everyone needs to stay at home other than for essential work or care.”
389 in Cork, 355 in Dublin, 339 in Donegal, 258 in Louth, 233 in Mayo.
Breakdown 🔽🔽🔽
Here are tests processed.
⚠️ Tony Holohan warns “It is really important that vulnerable and older people do not leave their homes unless absolutely essential.”
“This includes asking neighbours or family to carry out errands such as grocery shopping, limiting all contacts to only those people you live with or have to visit for essential care reasons.”
CMO: “We need to rediscover the spirit of solidarity and community we saw in March and April so that we can all do our part in protecting older and vulnerable people.”
Dept of Health includes table of people “extremely” vulnerable to #COVID19.
These people and those around them should take extra care.
Test positivity percentage an average of 17.6% over the past seven days.
That is not a virus in control.
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685 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 62 are in ICU.
96 new hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
⚠️ Tony Holohan:
“This is a critical time. We are seeing a really significant surge in infection... This is not only unsustainable for the healthcare system, but also a deeply concerning level of preventable sickness and suffering that we must work together to address...”
Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking in the grand surrounds of Trinity College’s exam hall.
Asked Taoiseach if he was nervous of level of socialising before Christmas?
He says it was important to allow people back to work and businesses to reopen but he says personal responsibility will be a huge component of the time ahead.