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There has been a significant drop, of around 50%, in Covid-19 cases in the community in recent weeks, according to a Dublin-based GP.
Dr Shane McKeogh, from Sólás Medical Center in Rathfarnham, said people are taking risks very seriously and sticking to public health advice, with far fewer contacts in the past two weeks.
However, he warned that the cases remain “stubbornly high” and reflect the peak seen in the second wave in October.
Dr. McKeogh said that there is no particular age group that is not affected by Covid during this wave and that there are many more outbreaks at home.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said he believes the high mortality rate is attributable to the impact of the increase over Christmas and hopes that it will now begin to decline.
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At 8 a.m. M., There were 1,919 patients with Covid-19 in the hospital, with 135 admissions and 140 discharges in the previous 24 hours.
The number of people in intensive care units has risen to 210.
There were 19 new ICU admissions in the last 24 hours, while eight people were discharged.
Cork University Hospital cares for 156 Covid-19 patients, the most of any hospital in the country.
Limerick University Hospital has 148 patients with the virus, while St. Vincent University Hospital in Dublin has 135.
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The president of the Society for Intensive Care said she does not know if there will be enough ICU beds in the coming weeks to treat the anticipated level of people in need of intensive care, but that they will do their “best level” to increase capacity.
Dr. Catherine Motherway, who is also an ICU consultant at Limerick University Hospital, said that if the public does what is required of them in terms of controlling the surge, there will be enough beds.
He said that people now know that they cannot socialize in a discretionary way while the population is not immune, so they cannot return to situations like the ones they saw at Christmas until everyone is vaccinated.
“We all have to maintain social distance for quite some time, months, not weeks, we have to stop talking weeks we have to start talking months. And if we launch our vaccination program, hopefully we can go back to something that used to be considered normal in this country “.
Dr Motherway said they are seeing a continuing presentation of patients with “severe” Covid-19 infection.
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He said that since the peak of cases comes early, and hospitalizations continue, they hope to continue to see people presenting to them as a result of the recent wave of infection.
He said that while it is a great comfort to see the decline in the number of cases in the community as well as the implementation of the vaccine, he urged people to actually adhere to public health guidelines to ensure that the number of hospitalized begins. decrease.
In a post on Twitter, Health Service CEO Paul Reid said he was proud of the response of healthcare teams to the pandemic with “record numbers” of tests and tracing being carried out.
There is much in the HSE that we will strengthen. But today I am proud of the responses of our teams to this pandemic; Hospitals (2K Covid + 8.5K non-Covid patients), Long-term support for public and private facilities, Test and follow-up registration Nbrs, Vaccine launch and much more. @HSELive
– Paul Reid (@paulreiddublin) January 20, 2021
Yesterday, health officials said there were 93 more deaths related to Covid-19, the most reported in a single day.
Three of the reported deaths occurred in December, 89 occurred in January, and the date of a death is still under investigation.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said the Covid-19 hospitalization and ICU figures are a fundamental concern.
He said there is significant pressure on healthcare workers and on the provision of acute non-Covid medical and surgical care and urged people to stay home and travel only for essential reasons.
New figures from the Center for Health Protection Surveillance for the week through January 16 show that the number of Covid-19 outbreaks increased last week.
Total outbreaks increased to 293 compared to 220 the previous week. The main increases were observed in residential institutions and hospitals.
The number of outbreaks in workplaces also rose to 41 from 25 the previous week. Outbreaks in private homes fell for the second week in a row.
Meanwhile, the government is expected to complete a review of current Covid-19 restrictions at next Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.
The restrictions are in effect until January 31, but it seems certain they will be extended.
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