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Galway COVID-19, local news and discussion

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    #3722
    Happyilylost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭Happyilylost


    Stewball wrote:
    Anyone know how UCHG is dealing with Covid patients?
    Stewball wrote:
    Is there a covid specific ward or are patients in isolation rooms throughout the hospital?


    Shannon ward is for Covid patients. It's all very well dealt with tbf. They've increased ICU capacity so again all isolated.


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    #3723
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    23 new cases of Covid-19 in Galway – 767 nationwide and 2 deaths

    The 2 deaths are from last month.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #3724
    Stewball
    Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Stewball


    Happyilylost wrote: »
    Shannon ward is for Covid patients. It's all very well dealt with tbf. They've increased ICU capacity so again all isolated.

    Shannon ward - can't say I've heard of it. Never came across it on the main ward block.

    Whereabouts is it situation?


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    #3725
    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,584 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Stewball wrote: »
    Shannon ward - can't say I've heard of it. Never came across it on the main ward block.

    Whereabouts is it situation?

    https://www.saolta.ie/news/taoiseach-leo-varadkar-opens-75-bed-ward-block-uhg


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    #3726
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,587 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    After the rise in cases yesterday they have decreased nationally again to 322 (5 Deaths) with only 5 cases for Galway. :)

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    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #3727
    serfboard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭serfboard


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    After the rise in cases yesterday they have decreased nationally again to 322 (5 Deaths) with only 5 cases for Galway. :)

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    The figure I look at is the number per 100,000. Ireland is now under 230 - not long ago we were over 300. This puts us in the bottom third in Europe.

    In Galway, we've fallen from fifth to seventh, as the NUIG/GMIT/Moycullen superspreader events burn themselves out through being unable to spread anymore.

    Good to see.


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    #3728
    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 10,026 ✭✭✭✭cena


    No ice rink this year in Galway due to covid


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    #3729
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    serfboard wrote: »

    In Galway, we've fallen from fifth to seventh, as the NUIG/GMIT/Moycullen superspreader events burn themselves out through being unable to spread anymore./QUOTE]

    It does mean the pubs won't reopen for ages as we just can't be trusted with alcohol


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    #3730
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,959 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    gordongekko wrote: »
    serfboard wrote: »

    In Galway, we've fallen from fifth to seventh, as the NUIG/GMIT/Moycullen superspreader events burn themselves out through being unable to spread anymore./QUOTE]

    It does mean the pubs won't reopen for ages as we just can't be trusted with alcohol

    Pubs weren't the problem, though.

    Close the offies. Open the pubs, restaurants and churches.


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    #3731
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    gordongekko wrote: »

    Pubs weren't the problem, though.

    Close the offies. Open the pubs, restaurants and churches.

    The HSE even published a case associated with Taylor's, i think it was, where someone with covid infected about 30 people a lot of whom they met in pubs and restaurants, and we've all seen videos and photos or what went in in moycullen.


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    #3732
    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,584 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    gordongekko wrote: »

    Pubs weren't the problem, though.

    Close the offies. Open the pubs, restaurants and churches.

    Pubs themselves aren't the issue but the behaviour in them is.


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    #3733
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,953 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    36 today.


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    #3734
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    36 today.

    Happy Birthday :D

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #3735
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,959 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    gordongekko wrote: »
    and we've all seen videos and photos or what went in in moycullen.

    So we know that GAA fans cannot be allowed any reasons to celebrate.


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    #3736
    [Deleted User]
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    So we know that GAA fans cannot be allowed any reasons to celebrate.

    Mayo will be okay so.


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    #3737
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,953 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    22 cases today


    From the conference :

    We are doing good but reminded we are now only at same case numbers as when level 5 was first mooted by Nephet in Oct. We still really need to stick with it.

    Reproduction number almost on target right now for us to come out of lockdown in 4 weeks time. We need cases to drop on average 8% everyday for the next 2 weeks.

    All age demographics currently represented in ICU. Not exclusively older people.


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    #3738
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    So we know that GAA fans cannot be allowed any reasons to celebrate.

    It's our relationship with alcohol that's the issue. Be it confirmations, gaa finals, Freshers week , birthdays, weddings,etc we have a culture of gathering together and drinking . It's not just a gaa thing.


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    #3739
    bodhrandude
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    499 cases nationally today with 18 cases from Galway.

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    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #3740
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,953 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    The median age of confirmed Covid cases in Co. Galway is lower than anywhere else in the Republic, new CSO stats reveal.

    The median age of all cases across the country since the start of the pandemic is 39.

    But there are huge differences between the counties. In Galway the median age is 25 – by far the lowest in the country.

    ...

    The new CSO data (28 February to 30 October) shows that from 2,333 confirmed cases in Galway, 17 people have died.

    ...

    On 21 August, before students returned to schools and colleges, Galway also had the lowest median age in the country.

    However on 21 August, the median age of cases in Galway was 39.



    https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/covid-19/galway-has-the-youngest-covid-cases-in-ireland-mayo-has-the-oldest/?fbclid=IwAR2EkcC_cjTsmKaoXogH46H11D0rNozTj4lPkzmY0VGM1jF91RjUlsbYsP8


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    #3741
    bodhrandude
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    542 cases today nationally and 7 cases from Galway.

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    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #3742
    Bobeagleburger
    Registered Users Posts: 45,483 ✭✭✭✭Bobeagleburger


    Galway falling down that table rapidly


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    #3743
    Panda5000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭Panda5000


    270 cases today and less than 5 in Galway. I know it's only Monday numbers but I'll drink to that!


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    #3744
    owlbethere
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    What is the situation around Galway regarding the flu vaccine? I know there's a shortage of the vaccine this year and I know some people who haven't received the vaccine yet. They are hoping to get the vaccine yet. Are GP surgeries and pharmacies still out from the vaccine?


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    #3745
    sasal
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭sasal


    owlbethere wrote: »
    What is the situation around Galway regarding the flu vaccine? I know there's a shortage of the vaccine this year and I know some people who haven't received the vaccine yet. They are hoping to get the vaccine yet. Are GP surgeries and pharmacies still out from the vaccine?

    Our three and six year old's got their's in Merlin Pharmacy over the mid term. Not sure about the adult one.


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    #3746
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,953 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    The laboratory at Galway University Hospitals has begun COVID-19 testing using a new high-throughput molecular PCR machine. The new equipment will enable the laboratory to process up to 500 swabs from patients per day, with a turnaround of approximately three hours per batch. .

    ...

    With the new equipment, we will know if the patients have the virus much sooner and this will help us to plan their care and make sure that they are admitted to the appropriate ward. We have started to test all adult patients for COVID-19 when they are admitted, even those who show no symptoms. The additional capacity to meet the increased demand is absolutely necessary at this time and will support streaming of patients to the correct pathway.
    https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/117969/covid-19-lab-test-equipment-for-galway-university-hospitals-delivers-quicker-test-results?fbclid=IwAR2Blpi5x4E3iuq1EKa8g2kok-TI8U9oxtoT_ABfROm-Pia4mZPFoarBauY

    Good news for us all in terms of keeping our hospitals as safe as possible for everyone.


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    #3747
    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,584 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    National and county numbers going the right directions. A lot of deaths announced today but not necessarily from the past 24 hours.
    Unfortunately the high cases numbers and uncontrolled community spread a few weeks ago were always going to result in higher mortality. Hopefully the numbers keep coming down at the rate they have been.


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    #3748
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,398 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    kippy wrote: »
    National and county numbers going the right directions. A lot of deaths announced today but not necessarily from the past 24 hours.
    Unfortunately the high cases numbers and uncontrolled community spread a few weeks ago were always going to result in higher mortality. Hopefully the numbers keep coming down at the rate they have been.

    270 Cases & 16 Deaths

    Of the deaths reported today, 14 occurred in November, 1 in October and 1 remains under investigation.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    #3749
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    270 Cases & 16 Deaths

    Of the deaths reported today, 14 occurred in November, 1 in October and 1 remains under investigation.

    We're only a few days into November so 14 deaths is far too much. May they all RIP.


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    #3750
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,953 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    owlbethere wrote: »
    We're only a few days into November so 14 deaths is far too much. May they all RIP.

    And it's 14 on top of all that have already been announced. It's surprisingly large amount. Numbers in ICU have not been changing greatly. I wonder if it's nursing home patients.


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    #3751
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,959 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    owlbethere wrote: »
    We're only a few days into November so 14 deaths is far too much. May they all RIP.

    On an individual level, RIP.

    But population wise, we're 1/3 of the way through the month.

    In Q4 2019, 7639 people died of all causes. That's on average 2500 people per month. It's likely that many who died of Covid would have died of something else anyway.

    source: https://www.thejournal.ie/number-of-deaths-per-month-in-ireland-5202283-Sep2020/


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