# hospitals - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Coronavirus
As of 8pm last night, there are 53 people with Covid-19 in intensive care units. Health officials last night confirmed a further 400 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Over one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have now been administered in Ireland.
# hospitals - Friday 2 April, 2021
# Coronavirus
The number of hospitalisations is at its lowest point since Christmas Day. As of 6.30pm last night, there were 61 people with Covid-19 in intensive care units. The HSE is opening the walk-in centres in areas where the number of positive cases are particularly high.
# hospitals - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
As of 8pm last night, there are also 65 people with Covid-19 in intensive care units.
# hospitals - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
It is the lowest number since the start of January.
# hospitals - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Hospitals
As of 8pm last night, there are 75 people with Covid-19 in intensive care units. Health officials last night confirmed a further 683 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said last night that having all schools fully open in April is a top priority for the government.
# hospitals - Wednesday 24 March, 2021
The number of people with Covid-19 in intensive care units currently stands at 76. Health officials last night confirmed a further 371 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. The booking portal for mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland went live yesterday morning. A total of 10,613 passengers arrived into Dublin Airport last week.
# hospitals - Monday 22 March, 2021
# Hospitals
81 patients with Covid-19 are currently in intensive care units around the country. Health officials last night confirmed a further 769 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers arriving into Ireland from certain countries is to come into effect by next weekend.
# hospitals - Sunday 21 March, 2021
# Frontline
# Frontline
HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said there is still a “lot more to get through” before a return to more normal levels in hospitals.
# hospitals - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# Hospitals
There is currently 86 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units across the country. Health officials last night confirmed a further 575 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. The EMA has said it remains of the view that the benefits of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine “outweigh the risks of side effects”.
# hospitals - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Consultants
# Consultants
One quarter had reported that either they or colleagues had experienced “long-Covid” after being infected.
# hospitals - Saturday 13 March, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
As of 8am this morning, there are currently 340 patients in hospital with Covid-19.
# hospitals - Wednesday 10 March, 2021
# Covid19
There are currently 93 people in ICU. Health officials last night confirmed 311 new cases of Covid-19 and 30 deaths. HSE CEO Paul Reid has said Ireland is beginning to see impact of vaccinations.
# hospitals - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Key Indicators
# Key Indicators
NPHET said last night that all key indicators of the disease are improving.
# hospitals - Saturday 6 March, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
There are currently 401 patients in hospital with Covid-19.
# hospitals - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Coronavirus
There are currently 426 patients in hospital with Covid-19. 102 patients with Covid-19 are in intensive care currently. Health officials yesterday confirmed that a further 39 people with Covid-19 died in Ireland. Four stillbirths with possible links to Covid-19 are under investigation by health officials.
# hospitals - Thursday 4 March, 2021
# Hospitals
GPs and advocacy groups will help identify patients in the community. AstraZeneca deliveries this week will also be reduced. The 500,000th vaccine dose will be administered over the next week.
# hospitals - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
NPHET has urged people to “stick with this” over the coming weeks and continue adhering to restrictions.
# hospitals - Friday 26 February, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
The IHCA said today that the HSE’s national service plan is welcome but “does not match the scale of the problem”.
# hospitals - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
Ten Covid-19 patients being treated in ICU died in the 24 hours up to 8am yesterday – the single highest daily number.
# hospitals - Saturday 20 February, 2021
# Hospitalisations
# Hospitalisations
There were 149 Covid-19 patients in ICU this morning.
# hospitals - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
As of 12 February, 275,237 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have been administered in Ireland
# hospitals - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
As of 8pm yesterday, 1,012 Covid patients were in Irish hospitals.
# hospitals - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
1,100 patients with Covid-19 are in Irish hospitals, including 173 in critical care.
# hospitals - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# ICU
# ICU
There are 205 patients in ICU and 301 others receiving critical care outside of ICU.
# hospitals - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# False News
# False News
Footage shared online of hospitals that appear “empty” have falsely claimed that hospitals are lying about being under pressure.
# hospitals - Sunday 31 January, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
In your monthly update from Noteworthy, the investigative team looks at how the pandemic is shining a light on long-term deficiencies in our health system.
# hospitals - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Hospital Capacity
# Hospital Capacity
The Health Minister said today that he still thinks it’s realistic to expect all adults to be offered a Covid vaccine by September.
# hospitals - Tuesday 26 January, 2021
# Hospital Capacity
# Hospital Capacity
Prof Philip Nolan has said that he expects hospital admissions to “remain very high for weeks”.
# hospitals - Friday 22 January, 2021
# Covid19
Paul Reid said that transmission is "extremely different", with whole families getting sick from Covid-19. An Oireachtas Committee heard that over 6,500 workers in acute hospitals are currently on sick leave. There have been 523 Covid deaths in January, with the CMO predicting that this could rise up to 1,000.
# hospitals - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Outbreaks
# Outbreaks
‘They didn’t come in Covid positive, they picked up Covid while in the hospital,’ said Leo Varadkar.
# hospitals - Monday 18 January, 2021
# Prioritisation
# Prioritisation
A HSE document says “every effort should be made” to ensure vaccines are given to frontline healthcare workers.
# hospitals - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
There were 60 deaths and a further 3,231 cases of Covid-19 announced yesterday.
# hospitals - Saturday 16 January, 2021
# Surge Capacity
# Surge Capacity
The Beacon has chosen not to join a surge capacity agreement between private hospitals and the HSE.
# hospitals - Friday 15 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
Paul Reid said virus is still "hugely prevalent". Daily vaccination figures will be released from 25 January. 44% of all Covid-19 cases were reported in the past 14 days.
# hospitals - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
The number of people in hospital is now more than twice that of the previous pandemic peak.
# hospitals - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Health chiefs warned that the number of Covid-19 patients being treated in hospital could double by the third week in January.
# hospitals - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Third Wave
# Third Wave
On 15 April, 881 people with Covid-19 were in hospital.
# hospitals - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Trolleys
# Trolleys
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”.
# hospitals - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Pressure Mounting
# Pressure Mounting
The health minister is set to bring proposals for fresh Covid-19 restrictions to the executive on Thursday.
# hospitals - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Patients
# Patients
Currently, there are 254 patients with Covid-19 in hospital, with 35 in ICU.
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