UPDATED LINKS: New figures show that the
number of patients in hospitals confirmed as having Covid-19 has reduced. The
new HSE report shows there are 770 confirmed cases, as well as 320 suspected
cases in hospitals that are waiting for their test results. The acute hospitals
with the most confirmed cases are in Dublin. The Mater has 103 patients,
Beaumont 88 and Tallaght has 76. Elsewhere, Limerick University Hospital has 33
confirmed cases, Mayo also has 33 and Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda has 31. There
are 132 confirmed cases in critical care beds around the country. It means that
hospital critical care units still have capacity for 133 patients. The figures
cover the situation up to last night.
Yesterday, the Department of
Health announced that a further 44 people who had been diagnosed with Covid-19
have died, bringing the total number of deaths in the Republic to 730.
One death that had previously been reported is no longer classified as related to the coronavirus. Of the deaths reported yesterday, 82% had an underlying condition. There were 37 deaths in the east, two in the west, two in the northwest and three in the south of the country. The number of additional cases of the virus diagnosed here is 388, bringing the total number of cases here to 16,040.
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https://www.un.org/en/
https://www.bbc.com/news
https://www.reuters.com/news/world
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/un-food-agency-chief-world-on-brink-of-a-hunger-pandemic/ar-BB1311Dd?ocid=spartandhp
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0421/1132926-covid-19-affecting-people-living-in-extreme-poverty/
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said in addition to the 730 laboratory confirmed Covid-19 deaths reported to date, there were an additional 108 probable Covid-19 deaths. As of Sunday 19 April, there were 143 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care, while 127 people had been discharged from ICU and 47 people had died in intensive care. The average age of those admitted to ICU was 60. Of those admitted to ICU, 263 or 83% of patients had an underlying condition. Healthcare workers accounted for 27% of confirmed cases up to Sunday evening. In relation to those who have recovered, Dr Holohan said 8,377 had recovered in the community, while 856 had been discharged from hospital. Dr Holohan said there cannot be any "taking the foot off the gas" as we approach 5 May. He said it should not be a foregone conclusion that restrictions will be changed on 5 May. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the Government is preparing a plan to set out the steps to reopen the Irish economy and society.
Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time , Mr Varadkar said that the plan will be shared with the public before 5 May, but cautioned that it will not be done in "one fell swoop".
"There won't be any change to the restrictions until 5 May, but at the moment we are preparing a plan which we'll have ready before then which will set out in a step-wise fashion, how we will reopen our economy, how we will reopen our society," he said. Meanwhile, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said he believes there will be an improvement in economic activity in the second half of this year and the economic measures introduced at the moment cannot continue indefinitely. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland Mr Donohoe said that at the end of the 12 week introduction period he will be "tapering and changing" the Covid-19 pandemic welfare subsidies. He said that the welfare subsidies "cannot be sustained indefinitely but they can be sustained for long enough to allow incomes to be protected "for as long as possible" and the Government wants to give the 40,000 companies availing of the Wage Subsidy Scheme "a fighting chance". Mr Donohoe said the government wants to avoid cutting core social welfare rates and wants to protect public pay - but this is contingent on the global economy and Covid-19. He added that confidence in public health will underpin how economic re-growth is achieved.
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| Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan. |
One death that had previously been reported is no longer classified as related to the coronavirus. Of the deaths reported yesterday, 82% had an underlying condition. There were 37 deaths in the east, two in the west, two in the northwest and three in the south of the country. The number of additional cases of the virus diagnosed here is 388, bringing the total number of cases here to 16,040.
Read the latest coronavirus stories
https://www.un.org/coronavirus
https://www.un.org/en/
https://www.bbc.com/news
https://www.reuters.com/news/world
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/un-food-agency-chief-world-on-brink-of-a-hunger-pandemic/ar-BB1311Dd?ocid=spartandhp
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0421/1132926-covid-19-affecting-people-living-in-extreme-poverty/
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said in addition to the 730 laboratory confirmed Covid-19 deaths reported to date, there were an additional 108 probable Covid-19 deaths. As of Sunday 19 April, there were 143 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care, while 127 people had been discharged from ICU and 47 people had died in intensive care. The average age of those admitted to ICU was 60. Of those admitted to ICU, 263 or 83% of patients had an underlying condition. Healthcare workers accounted for 27% of confirmed cases up to Sunday evening. In relation to those who have recovered, Dr Holohan said 8,377 had recovered in the community, while 856 had been discharged from hospital. Dr Holohan said there cannot be any "taking the foot off the gas" as we approach 5 May. He said it should not be a foregone conclusion that restrictions will be changed on 5 May. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the Government is preparing a plan to set out the steps to reopen the Irish economy and society.
Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time , Mr Varadkar said that the plan will be shared with the public before 5 May, but cautioned that it will not be done in "one fell swoop".
"There won't be any change to the restrictions until 5 May, but at the moment we are preparing a plan which we'll have ready before then which will set out in a step-wise fashion, how we will reopen our economy, how we will reopen our society," he said. Meanwhile, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said he believes there will be an improvement in economic activity in the second half of this year and the economic measures introduced at the moment cannot continue indefinitely. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland Mr Donohoe said that at the end of the 12 week introduction period he will be "tapering and changing" the Covid-19 pandemic welfare subsidies. He said that the welfare subsidies "cannot be sustained indefinitely but they can be sustained for long enough to allow incomes to be protected "for as long as possible" and the Government wants to give the 40,000 companies availing of the Wage Subsidy Scheme "a fighting chance". Mr Donohoe said the government wants to avoid cutting core social welfare rates and wants to protect public pay - but this is contingent on the global economy and Covid-19. He added that confidence in public health will underpin how economic re-growth is achieved.
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