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LATEST: Over record 20,000 new cases of virus and big rise in hospital numbers

By Kilkenny Now 30th December 2021 0

A record 20,554 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. There are now 619 patients being treated in hospital with the virus, an increase of 51 since yesterday. Of these, 88 are in ICU, a drop of five. Commenting on the worrying rise in hospital cases, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony […]

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BREAKING: Record 13,765 new cases of virus but hospital numbers continue to drop

By Kilkenny Now 25th December 2021 0

A record 13,765 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Christmas Day. This overtooks the previous highest total 11,182 cases recorded yesterday. Despite the huge number of cases, the number of hospitalisations remain low, at a total of 378 patients, the lowest figure since October 9. Of these 87 patients are being treated in intensive […]

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LATEST: Record 11,182 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 24th December 2021 0

A record 11,182 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by the Department of Health this evening. It is the highest number of cases reported on any one day since the pandemic began, overtaking the previous high of 8,248 reported on January 8 last. In a statement, the department said it estimates 83% of cases are […]

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LATEST: Good jab! Half of adult population now boosted as 7,411 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 23rd December 2021 0

A further 7,411 people have contracted Covid-19, according to updated figures released this evening. The Department of Health also confirmed there are now 390 people being treated in hospital for the virus, the lowest level since October 10. Of these, 98 patients are in ICU. The latest figures come as Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed almost […]

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LATEST: 55 more deaths and over 6,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 22nd December 2021 0

A further 6,307 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health this evening. And there are now 429 people in hospital who have tested positive for the virus, a drop of 14 since yesterday. Of these 100 patients are in ICU, a reduction of two. The department also confirmed there has […]

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LATEST: Varadkar can’t rule out more restrctions as almost 5,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2021 0

A further 4,799 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients being treated in hospital now stands at 467, a rise of 31 from yesterday. Of these, 104 are in ICU, a drop of three. The latest cases come as Tánaiste Leo Varadkar earlier said record case […]

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LATEST: Hospital Covid numbers fall to lowest level in nine weeks as NPHET calls for pubs to shut at 5pm

By Kilkenny Now 17th December 2021 0

A further 3,628 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And there are now 420 people in hospital who have tested positive for Covid-19, down 23 from yesterday. This is the lowest figure in almost nine weeks since mid-October, when there were 406 people in hospital with the virus. It comes […]

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LATEST: Minister says more restrictions ‘likely’ as over 4,000 new cases confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 16th December 2021 0

A further 4,141 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients now being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 443, a drop of 276. Of these, 108 are being treated in intensive care, up three since yesterday. The latest figures come as Finance Minister Paschal […]

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LATEST: More Christmas restrictions may be on cards surge in Omicron cases

By Kilkenny Now 14th December 2021 0

There have been 3,887 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health, However, the Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said results show around 14% of cases are now due to the Omicron variant, and he warned: “We can expect this proportion to rise rapidly over the coming days”. A further 3,887 people […]

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LATEST: Plans to ramp up boosters as over 4,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 11th December 2021 0

A further 4,004 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed today. And there are now 481 people in hospital, a drop of 30 since yesterday. Of these, 111 are being treated in ICU, an increase of one. The latest figures come amid reports that people aged between 40 and 49 could be in […]