BREAKING: Rise in Covid-19 Limerick incidence rate as advisory group chair says: we re clearly in third wave
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THIRTY-FIVE new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Limerick, as a top health official has said: We re clearly in a third wave .
The 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people has also gone up locally - from 152.9 yesterday, to 164.7 today. The national average stands at 122.4 per 100 people.
In total, there have been 321 confirmed cases of the disease across the city and county in the last fortnight.
Across Ireland, there has been another spike in number of coronavirus cases, as we count down to Christmas.
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Professor Philip Nolan says Ireland is now clearly in a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Chair of NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group was speaking as there were 727 new cases of the virus confirmed here on Tuesday.
There were no new deaths recorded.
There have been a total of 80,267 cases and 2,158 deaths here.
Of the cases notified on Tuesday:
359 are men/366 are women
62% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 36 years old
Some 311 of these cases are in Dublin, 51 in Kilkenny, 48 in Wexford, 44 in Donegal and 44 in Cork.
The remaining 299 are spread across 19 other counties.
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THE EUROPEAN UNION has given official approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to be put on to the market across the EU.
Earlier today, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the vaccine for approval in the EU, paving the way for people in Ireland to begin receiving the vaccine.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the commission “took the decision to make available for European citizens the first Covid-19 vaccine. We granted conditional market authorisati
35 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Limerick By Live95 News Team
They re among 727 new cases reported nationwide this evening, with no further deaths
Limerick s 14 day incidence rate per 100,000 is now 164.7, with 321 new Limerick cases reported in the last 14 days.
Of the cases notified today:
359 are men / 366 are women
62% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 36 years old
311 in Dublin, 51 in Kilkenny, 48 in Wexford, 44 in Donegal, 44 in Cork and the remaining 229 cases are spread across 19 other counties.
As of 2pm today 241 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 29 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “Our current disease trends are gravely concerning. The situation has deteriorated rapidly in recent days. A total of 3,837 cases have been notified in the past 7 days. The five day rolling average has increased from 339 on 1
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The vaccines, they are coming! Imagine double-trailer freezer trucks speeding down frosty Irish motorways in the new year, carrying vaccine vials rather than cola to all parts of the country.
They – because there are several almost ready – will be a welcome sight and one that we didn’t think we’d see so soon, so there is much to be hopeful about after a bleak pandemic year.
While it will take a while for the worry of COVID-19 to recede, vaccines will hopefully bring an end to lockdowns, so they are providing great hope of a more familiar normality next year.