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LATEST: Holohan predicts ‘minimum’ of 200,000 new infections in December

By Kilkenny Now 17th November 2021 0

A further 3,633 people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. The number of patients being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 634, a rise of 20 from yesterday. If these, 119 patients are being treated in intensive care, an increase of five. Speaking earlier, Chief Medical Officer Dr […]

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LATEST: ‘The virus is now prolific’ – appeal as 4,642 new cases confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2021 0

A further 4,642 more people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed today. And there are now 556 Covid-19 patients with the virus in hospital, up seven from yesterday. Of these, 107 people are in ICU – an increase of 11. The latest figures comes as two of the of the country’s leading health […]

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LATEST: ‘Very worrying’ – almost 4,000 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 5th November 2021 0

A further 3,903 more people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. There are now 463 patients being treated in hospital for the virus, a rise of five from yesterday. Of these, 76 are being treated in ICU, a drop of 14. Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan this evenig described the […]

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LATEST: Varadkar warns of further restrictions as over 2,500 new cases of virus confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 28th October 2021 0

A further 2,605 more people have contracted Covid-19, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And the number of patients being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 487, a drop of 16 on yesterday’s figures Of these, 99 people are being treated in ICU, a drop of two. Speaking earlier, Tánaiste Leo […]

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LATEST: 67 more deaths from virus as concerns grow over rise in infections

By Kilkenny Now 27th October 2021 0

A further 1,631 more people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. And there are now 503 patients being treated for the virus in hospital, a drop of 10 from yesterday. Of these, 101 people are being treated in ICU, an increase of four. The latest cases were confirmed as the […]

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LATEST: Holohan ‘increasingly worried’ as numbers in hospital surpass 500

By Kilkenny Now 26th October 2021 0

A further 2,193 more people have contracted the coronavirus as the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 surpassed the 500 mark, the Department of Health  confirmed this evening. The number of patients being treated in hospital for the virus now stands at 513 patients, of whom 97 are in intensive care. Commenting on today’s […]

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LATEST: Holohan says virus figures ‘simply too high’ as almost 2,000 more infected

By Kilkenny Now 28th August 2021 0

A further 1,997 people have contracted the coronavirus, the Department of Health confirmed this evening. There are now 324 being treated for Covid-19 in hospital, a drop of two on the previous day. Of these, 61 people being treated in ICU, and increase of two on Friday’s figures. In Northern Ireland, 1,430 positive cases and […]

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BREAKING: Walk-in vaccination centre to open in Kilkenny this weekend

By Kilkenny Now 5th August 2021 0

A walk-in vaccination clinic will be in operation in Kilkenny at the Cillín Hill Conference Centre on Saturday morning. The Department of Health this evening confirmed the centre will be open for people who have not yet recieved the vaccine from 8.15am to 12.30pm. It comes as Health Service Executive (HSE) CEO Paul Reid today […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 827 new cases of virus as 55 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2021 0

A further 55 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 827 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. The overall death toll as a result of the virus now stands at 3,674 . There have now been 202,548 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National Public […]

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LATEST: Kilkenny among 1,247 new cases of virus as 15 further deaths confirmed

By Kilkenny Now 31st January 2021 0

A further 15 people have died after contracting the coronavirus as 1,247 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this evening. The overall death toll as a result of the virus has now reached 3,307. There have now been 196,547 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country, according to the latest daily briefing from the National […]