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

pauldry

Yeah it will be high today and therell be a media frenzy.

:mad:

They should say 750 new cases today but of tests over 97% negative!

Arturo Delgado

Lucas Hood wrote: »

553 positive swabs, 2.83% positivity on 19,535 tests.
7 day test positivity is 3.2%.

Probably looking at 700ish cases tonight though considering cases were a lot lower than swabs yesterday.

It doesn't matter how many cases there are, hospital cases are falling consistently, which means we're not seeing these cases being serious. So, to me that means the vaccination of the top tier vulnerable, is working, they are not catching it. If NPHET don't highlight the positives in that, they should take a back seat.

Amirani

timsey tiger wrote: »

Number of swabs was only 11 higher than the number for the week before. The number of cases was issued earlier than normal, quite possible that some of the case number data is missing from yesterdays total.

Nah, the actual numbers get issued by the HPSC between 09:00-10:00 most days (covers up to midnight). The timing of them being communicated to the media and the public in the afternoon doesn't impact them.

is_that_so

274 in hospital and 63 in ICU.

timsey tiger

Arturo Delgado wrote: »

It doesn't matter how many cases there are, hospital cases are falling consistently, which means we're not seeing these cases being serious. So, to me that means the vaccination of the top tier vulnerable, is working, they are not catching it. If NPHET don't highlight the positives in that, they should take a back seat.

It still matters, since high numbers even in the more resistent cohorts eventually spill over into the more at risk groups. Obviously as the vaccines roll out this becomes more of an issue, but we're hardly there yet.

timsey tiger

Amirani wrote: »

Nah, the actual numbers get issued by the HPSC between 09:00-10:00 most days (covers up to midnight). The timing of them being communicated to the media and the public in the afternoon doesn't impact them.

Thanks, I did not know that.

Sweet.Science

AdamD wrote: »

But if they have a larger margin for error than normal testing I'm not sure how useful this is? If you've 80,000 people with a decent margin for error you could easily be letting people into the stadium with false negatives

Most of the population will be vaccinated by the end of the summer. There will be increased scope for error . This will just be an extra security blanket thrown on top

jammiedodgers

Sorry if it's been asked and answered already, but is there any data on positivity rate from the walk in centres alone?

is_that_so

timsey tiger wrote: »

Well, we'll see. Will it transpire that EU production will be diverted to cover US shortfall, like AZ did for the UK? I wouldn't be surprised, they all know that Useless Van Del Leyen won't stop them and Biden has made promises.

I suspect the pharma industry muscled in of MM and other leaders (with large pharma sectors) to stop the EU export ban.

One really doesn't muscle in on the EU, they can do as suits them when it suits them. Talk them down on this sure.

The J&J story is more about US delays, but not necessarily by that much. The single shot makes it less of a problem anyway. They will use US facilities and Merck are also going to help. I don't think you can compare the shambles of an absolute newbie with setbacks like this for established vaccine makers.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coombe-doctor-brought-covid-19-vaccines-home-for-family-report-finds-1.4526397?mode=amp

Bold medic!

ElTel

jammiedodgers wrote: »

Sorry if it's been asked and answered already, but is there any data on positivity rate from the walk in centres alone?

3% positivity from 14k tested.
George Lee said 5% positivity in the 15-24 age group I think as well.

Hopefully not waiting too long on their close contact numbers and ststs.

iamwhoiam

[Deleted User] wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coombe-doctor-brought-covid-19-vaccines-home-for-family-report-finds-1.4526397?mode=amp

Bold medic!

Criminal medic .

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coombe-doctor-brought-covid-19-vaccines-home-for-family-report-finds-1.4526397?mode=amp

Bold medic!

What happened to consultant A?

timsey tiger

is_that_so wrote: »

One really doesn't muscle in on the EU, they can do as suits them when it suits them. Talk them down on this sure.

The J&J story is more about US delays, but not necessarily by that much. The single shot makes it less of a problem anyway. They will use US facilities and Merck are also going to help. I don't think you can compare the shambles of an absolute newbie with setbacks like this for established vaccine makers.

Not directly if they are united, however it is easy to divide them. Just get the pharma industry to have a word with the likes of MM and all of a sudden Ireland is against any sort of export restriction and interference with international contracts, spouting absolutely laughable worries about international supply chains.

is_that_so

Remote learning survey - not terribly surprising results TBH.

More than half of 12-year-olds and 22-year-old students who took part in a recent study experienced difficulties with remote learning during the pandemic.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0326/1206327-remote-learning-survey/

outsourced_ire

761 new cases - 18 additional deaths.

stephenjmcd

outsourced_ire wrote: »

761 new cases - 18 additional deaths.

Backlog cleared so based on my rough look at the numbers

blowitupref

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Backlog cleared so based on my rough look at the numbers

Yes a lot of yesterdays cases added into todays total.

7-day average in 556 it was 569 last Thursday.

Gael23

That’s the Easter frighner done

ShineOn7

The backlog needs to completely fcuk off at this stage



Via Laura on Reddit Ireland, today's data

New cases: 761
Denotified cases: 15
Total cases: 236,000
New deaths: 18
Denotified deaths: 0
Total deaths: 4,705

Of the 18 mortalaties reported today

• 11 occurred in March
• 7 occurred in February
• Median age: 81
• Age range: 59-95

Of the 761 cases notified today

• Male: 383
• Female: 373
• Under 45 years old: 538 (62%)
• Median age: 33

• Dublin: 372
• Meath: 55
• Cork: 43
• Kildare: 40
• Offaly: 38
• Remaining 213 cases spread across 19 other counties

Vaccination Numbers - Up to Monday 29th March

• Total doses: 809,676 (+13,135)
• First dose: 590,688 (+9,831)
• Second: 228,988 (+3,304)

Hospital stats as of 8 am today

• Hospitalised: 274 (-23)
• ICU: 63 (-4)
• New admissions past 24 hours: 18

TheDoctor

What’s the swab data for today.

I’m too lazy to flick through pages

cheezums

TheDoctor wrote: »

What’s the swab data for today.

I’m too lazy to flick through pages

553

JP Liz V1

outsourced_ire wrote: »

761 new cases - 18 additional deaths.

RIP

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Backlog cleared so based on my rough look at the numbers

How have we still backlogs after a year

BlondeBomb

TheDoctor wrote: »

What’s the swab data for today.

I’m too lazy to flick through pages

553 positive swabs, 2.83% positivity on 19,535 tests.
7 day test positivity is 3.2%.

funnydoggy

TheDoctor wrote: »

What’s the swab data for today.

I’m too lazy to flick through pages

I love your honesty

Amirani

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

RIP



How have we still backlogs after a year

If there are lab results at 11pm on Monday, there's not going to be public health doctors checking an validating them until the Tuesday. Hence they'll be in the Monday swabs and Tuesday cases and will be part of a "backlog".

There's never going to be complete alignment because they're counting different things. "Backlog" is the wrong term to be using in this context, but it's sort of stuck. It made sense in early Jan etc.

cheezums

i mean the daily swab data is there every single day. why the hell don't they just report that? daily cases is meaningless and as today has shown, gives an entirely different message.

timsey tiger

cheezums wrote: »

i mean the daily swab data is there every single day. why the hell don't they just report that? daily cases is meaningless and as today has shown, gives an entirely different message.

Were you complaining yesterday as well?

funnydoggy

cheezums wrote: »

i mean the daily swab data is there every single day. why the hell don't they just report that? daily cases is meaningless and as today has shown, gives an entirely different message.

One could go conspiracy about it, but tbh it just seems simpler for the majority of people.

Instead of using swab data, positivity rate etc. they can just say X cases, Y deaths.

I could be wrong and there could be actual justification for it!

JP Liz V1

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