Covid 19 Part XXXIV-249,437 ROI(4,906 deaths) 120,195 NI (2,145 deaths)(01/05)Read OP

Jim_Hodge

covidrelease wrote: »

Rubbish. If that was the case we would restrict sales from off licences.

Bars are representative of people back in work, meeting friends, return to normality etc.

Much as I enjoyed a pint with friends and long for normality, I rank their health, getting to meet them, they being back at work etc. before the Pint in a pub comes into the equation.

MerlinSouthDub

0 deaths
320 cases
(per Zara King Twitter)

No swabs today though, it seems

SPDUB

JP100 wrote: »

Supermarket workers along with Gardai should be prioritised as well in a key worker category.

So where does An Post ,DHL ,DPD UPS delivery staff as well as Postmaster come in as a priority .

I'm hearing of increased cases there now

Gael23

Stats will be a bit confused for the next few days. Could have a few high numbers later in the week?

Eod100

Good numbers. Not sure have they been that low for a while!

MerlinSouthDub

Eod100 wrote: »

Good numbers. Not sure have they been that low for a while!

Good numbers, if there's no backlog! Probably reduced levels of testing too, so let's see how the week pans out

Gael23

58 in ICU.
Varadkar previously stated that 50 was the number to allow easing of restrictions

covidrelease

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

0 deaths
320 cases
(per Zara King Twitter)

No swabs today though, it seems

Precarious I think NPHET are describing the situation as.

Vicxas

Fantastic numbers

covidrelease

Nphet warned Government that Covid-19 cases could rise to 2,000 a day within four weeks
Public health team tells Government Ireland’s epidemiological situation remains ‘precarious’

irishguy1983

Eod100 wrote: »

Good numbers. Not sure have they been that low for a while!

Yes....Anyone confirm last time we were as low as 320?? I know it is Easter Monday and all the jazz but I’ll take it

Storm 10

Any county info

Steven81

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any county info

Couldn’t find any county info for last 2 days either.

Ger Roe

Gael23 wrote: »

58 in ICU.
Varadkar previously stated that 50 was the number to allow easing of restrictions

When did he say that?.

They have not been giving out trigger metrics since they were caught out badly with the relaxations brought in at Christmas. The mantra now is that there are no absolute numbers that will automatically result in any specific changes.

Jim_Hodge

covidrelease wrote: »

Precarious I think NPHET are describing the situation as.

Would you have a link to that statement today? Thanks.

jhegarty

Don't know how good/bad it is without swabs.

If it's close to normal swabs then great. If swabs are down 50% on normal then the opposite.

vienne86

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any county info

The Covid tracker app hasn't updated. When it updates we should get yesterday's county breakdown figures.

Edit: just updated.

Benimar

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Yes....Anyone confirm last time we were as low as 320?? I know it is Easter Monday and all the jazz but I’ll take it

311 on March 9th

jhegarty

89 today in the north. But they didn't report yesterday, so I believe it's a 2 day total.

branie2

320 cases and no deaths. That's very good news

Normal One

Ger Roe wrote: »

When did he say that?.

They have not been giving out trigger metrics since they were caught out badly with the relaxations brought in at Christmas. The mantra now is that there are no absolute numbers that will automatically result in any specific changes.

3 months ago

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar joined Kieran Cuddihy to discuss vaccine roll out, the reopening of the economy, our new travel rules, and offering his services to the medical system to help with vaccine rollout.

He said he wouldn't envisage businesses reopening until March, and the ICU numbers would need to be down to 50 before we could open up.

He also explained how there are more vaccinations being adminsitered each week, and the plan for ramping that up should AstraZeneca's vaccine get approval from the EMA.

https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/leo-varadkar-icu-numbers-to-be-below-50-before-we-reopen

titan18

Normal One wrote: »

3 months ago


https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/leo-varadkar-icu-numbers-to-be-below-50-before-we-reopen

Tomorrow, he'll say we took him up wrong.

JP100

Schools close for the Easter holidays and case numbers start to drop off! Who'd have thunk it!

h2005

Those numbers are pointless really unless we know if there’s a backlog. Considering the numbers before now you’d imagine there must be.

Stheno

titan18 wrote: »

Tomorrow, he'll say we took him up wrong.

D'variant!!!!!!

Ally Dick

branie2 wrote: »

320 cases and no deaths. That's very good news

That's a Bank Holiday figure, when our lazy civil servants are off. The deaths will be about 30 tomorrow

Arturo Delgado

Normal One wrote: »

3 months ago


https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/leo-varadkar-icu-numbers-to-be-below-50-before-we-reopen

Yep I remember that figure clearly and now we are nearing it quickly. No excuses anymore we must open up, even in limited fashion. Get Ireland moving before we crash.

ninebeanrows

Anybody think that the vaccination rate in the UK is beginning to have a big effect here too?

Arturo Delgado

JP100 wrote: »

Schools close for the Easter holidays and case numbers start to drop off! Who'd have thunk it!

They've been dropping for weeks, and hospital numbers are no longer a reason to hold the country to ransom.

jhegarty

ninebeanrows wrote: »

Anybody think that the vaccination rate in the UK is beginning to have a big effect here too?

It won't lower our rates, but it will prevent a repeat of last autumn when their high rates leaked to the border counties.