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The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has reported six other deaths of Covid-19 patients. This brings the total number of deaths in the pandemic to 2,265.
Nphet also reported a record 6,110 confirmed cases of the disease, bringing the total number of cases in the Republic to 107,997. As of Monday afternoon, there were 776 Covid-19 patients in the hospital, including 70 in the ICU. There have been 92 more hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Of today’s cases, 3,655 were in Dublin, 323 in Kildare, 291 in Cork, 234 in Limerick 137 in Louth and 1,470 were distributed among the other counties.
Nphet Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group Chairman Philip Nolan predicted that there could be between 200 and 400 people in the ICU by mid-January “if we don’t act to radically reduce transmission and incidence.”
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn urged vulnerable people, including seniors and people with pre-existing medical conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer, to “stay home unless is absolutely essential. ”
The figures come as high-level sources told the Irish Times that schools are now more than likely to remain closed after January 11. Some sources expect at least one more week of closure and possibly two.
Most ministers privately believe that the Cabinet will decide on Wednesday to delay the reopening of schools, although officials may be asked to examine keeping certain schools open at Level 5, such as disadvantaged schools or other schools. specials.
It is understood that there are also higher-level conversations about whether or not construction should remain open for the remainder of the Level 5 closure.
Earlier, the head of the Health Services Executive (HSE) warned that the daily number of positive tests for Covid-19 will reach 7,000.
Paul Reid said the HSE is now meeting demand that “is coming to us at an absolutely phenomenal rate.”
Mr. Reid added: “We have seen cases (in) almost 5,000 and we would expect to see those cases in the next few days reaching 7,000, certainly more than 6,000 tonight.
“Part of the backlog is being eliminated, but the minimum rate is certainly above a base of 5,000 people. That is what we are dealing with. This is now rampant in terms of transmission levels.
“We’ve probably seen a massive multiplier effect – we’ve seen rapidly growing cases, rapidly growing positivity by 30 percent yesterday, multiplied by numerous contacts that people have, and that come together in a very congested period of time.
“In the last week, we have carried out almost 140,000 completed tests. We build capacity up to 175,000 tests per week ”. – Additional reporting PA
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