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LATEST: Holohan appeals to unvaccinated as 2,229 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 21st October 2021 0

A further 2,229 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department fo Health confirmed this evening. There are 448 patients with the virus in hospital, 88 of whom are in intensive care. The five-day moving average is 1,906. Earlier, Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid has said that given the trends, there will most likely […]

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LATEST: 63 more deaths and over 2,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 20th October 2021 0

A further 2,148 people have contratced the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. Officials also confirmed that 63 more people have died from the virus over the past week. The latest figures were confirmed as the chair of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group expressed concern at […]

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LATEST: Nightclubs reopen from Friday as highest number of new cases recorded since January 22

By Kilkenny Now 19th October 2021 0

A further 2,399 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients now being treated in hospital with the virus now stands at 473, a drop of 11 since yesterday. Of these, 74 patients are being treated in ICU, an increase of one. It is the […]

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LATEST: 53 more hospitalised as 1,380 new cases of virvus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 17th October 2021 0

A further 53 people have been hospitalised after contracting Covid-19. It comes as the Department of Health confirmed 1,380 new cases of the virus this evening. The number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 now stands at 459. Of these, 74 are being treated in intensive care for the virus. Speaking earlier, Health Service executive […]

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LATEST: Doubts over full reopening as almost 2,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 15th October 2021 0

A further 1,914 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And there are now 413 patients being treated for the virus in hospital, down two since yesterday. 73 of these are in ICU, a rise of three. There have been 11,755 confirmed cases in the past seven days. The […]

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LATEST: Fears full reopening will be delayed as over 1,600 more cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 14th October 2021 0

A further 1,627 more people have contracted the coronaviruvs, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. The worring rise in cases in recent days has sparked fears that the planned full reopening of the country next week will be deferred. The Department of Health this evening confirmed there are now 415 people with the virus […]

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LATEST: ‘A significant cause for concern’ – worrying rise in hospitalisations as almost 1,500 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 12th October 2021 0

A further 1,466 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients being treated in hospital with the virus now stands at 402, a rise of two on yesterday. Of these, 73 patients are in intensive care units, down two from yesterday. Commenting on the latest […]

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LATEST: Over 1,500 new cases of virus confirmed, but Holohan says incidence rate of schoolchildren has ‘fallen right back down’

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2021 0

A further 1,586 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 298, down 10 on yesterday. Some  56 of these are in ICU, a drop of three over the past 24 hours. In a video […]

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LATEST: 1,271 new cases of virus confirmed, highest number of monthly deaths since March

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2021 0

A further 1,271 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 297, 59 of whom are in intensive care. There have been a total of 17 Covid-19 deaths in the week to last Tuesday. It brings […]

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LATEST: 40 more die from virus, over 1,400 new cases confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 29th September 2021 0

A further 1,453 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the e Department of Health confirmed this evening. There are now 300 patients being treated in hospital with the virus, unchanged since yesterday. Some 60 of these are in intensive care, down three on yesterday. Meanwhile, 40 further deaths have been notified in the past week. […]