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COVID-19 UPDATE: Another 25 lose their lives as number of confirmed cases passes 6,000-mark

By Kilkenny Now 8th April 2020 0

A further 25 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total now stands at 235 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 6,074 after another 365 were diagnosed. The total of deaths in Northern Ireland has […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Sharp spike in deaths as 36 lose their lives while number of confirmed cases rises by 345

By Kilkenny Now 7th April 2020 0

A further 36 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total now stands at 210 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 5,709 after another 345 were diagnosed. A total of 42,484 tests have been carried […]

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COVID-19: Kilkenny pensioner is first to die locally after contracting virus

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2020 0

The coronavirus has claimed the life of the first local victim to die from Covid-19. It is understood the victim is an 80-year-old man who died after a short illness at St Luke’s General Hospital. Health authorities would provide any further details about the man. He is among 331 people in the Republic who have […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Another 17 lose their lives as number of confirmed cases reaches 4,604

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

A further 17 people lost their lives from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours, the HSE said this evening. The total now stands at 137 in the Republic. The number of confirmed cases has now reached 4,604 after another 331 were diagnosed. In the North, eight died since yesterday while […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Nursing home staff to have temperature checked twice per day

By Kilkenny Now 4th April 2020 0

Sweeping new changes in the nursing home sector will see staff having their temperatures checked twice per day, the Minister for Health Simon Harris announced this afternoon. National and regional Covid-19 infection prevention and control teams will work with individual nursing home and homecare providers to implement the procedures. Minister Harris added that the supply

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Number of deaths increases by 22 as toll passes the 100-mark

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 0

The death toll in the Republic of Ireland from Covid-19 has risen by 22 to 120 while the number of new cases has increased by 424. This brings the total of confirmed cases to 5,177  on the island as a whole while the total number of deaths has reached 168 after another 12 people lost […]

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‘The worst is yet to come’ – Kilkenny man who tested positive for Covid-19 makes powerful appeal from his hospital bed

By Kilkenny Now 3rd April 2020 Post a comment

A Kilkenny man currently being treated for the coronavirus at St Luke’s General Hospital has written a powerful personal appeal for people to “stay home and stay safe” as he predicted: “The worst is yet to come.” Tomas Jackman, who had been suffering from double pnemonia, this week received the dreaded news that he had […]

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Fancy a walk? The handy website that maps 2km radius from your Kilkenny home as gardai take to the streets

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2020 0

If you’re wondering where you can walk in Waterford this morning following the Covid-19 lockdown of the country last night and gardai take to the streets to ensure compliance, a handy website let’s you map the exact areas you can take a ramble. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last night announced a series of fresh restrictions that […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: 102 new cases confirmed as number of tests passes the 10,000 mark

By Kilkenny Now 21st March 2020 0

More than 10,000 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the Republic of Ireland while the number of people who have contracted the virus has reached 785, the Department of Health said this evening. A further 102 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the last 24 hours. Chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry said that […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: A further 126 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Republic

By Kilkenny Now 20th March 2020 0

Another 126 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland, the Department of Health said this evening. There are now 683 confirmed cases of the virus here while three people have died from the disease. Of those, 12 people have admitted to intensive care units while 140 people in total were admitted […]