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Nov 19, 2020 17 tweets 8 min read
At this evening's #NPHET briefing in the Department, Chair of the IEMAG @President_MU gave an update on the modelling work.

1/17 #COVID19

Cases, numbers in hospital and intensive care 2/17 #COVID19

The numbers of tests remains high, the positivity rate is now decreasing.
Nov 19, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to #COVID19.

There has been a total of 2,010 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Wednesday 18th November, the @hpscireland has been notified of 429 confirmed cases of #COVID19. There is now a total of 69,473 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Ireland.

Validation resulted in denotification of 14 cases. The figure of 69,473 cases reflects this.
Nov 18, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 12 additional deaths related to #COVID19.

There has been a total of 2,006 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Tuesday 17th November, @hpscireland has been notified of 379 confirmed cases of #COVID19.

There is now a total of 69,058 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Nov 17, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 11 additional deaths related to #COVID19. All deaths reported today occurred in November.

There has been a total of 1,995 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Monday 16th November, @hpscireland has been notified of 366 confirmed cases of #COVID19.

There is now a total of 68,686 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Mar 30, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
#COVID19 #coronavirus

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group (IEMAG) said:

“We know what an unmitigated epidemic looks like, we are not on that track.” #COVID19 #coronavirus

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of NPHET IEMAG:

“The model reveals that before restrictions were in place, daily growth rate of confirmed cases was at 33%. This has fallen in recent days to around 15%. But it is still growing and needs to fall further.”