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Covid19 Part XVI- 21,983 in ROI (1,339 deaths) 3,881 in NI (404 deaths)(05/05)Read OP

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  • #1172
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »
    This really seems to be post-peak now
    Based on what? The fact that yesterday was higher?


  • #1173
    branie2
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    RIP the 44 people who died


  • #1174
    lbj666
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    Ficheall wrote: »
    Based on what? The fact that yesterday was higher?

    and so it begins


  • #1175
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    lbj666 wrote: »
    Have they started to get nursing home test results back?

    Its quiet surprising they were able to announced number of recoveries, other countries have struggled to get those figures together even though they are based on assumptions of max recovery times for mild cases.
    Testing is ongoing for 7-10 days in nursing homes. Those numbers are releases from ICU and hospital.


  • #1176
    shinzon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭shinzon


    Serious question everyone is talking about passing the peak etc etc how can there actually be a peak if weve all been quarantined and not infecting people. Ergo wouldn't leaving people about there business actually heighten the risk of infection and therefore another peak.

    Genuinely curious

    Shin


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  • #1177
    domrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭domrush


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Swab tests, an important distinction. Nowhere near that level are being processed for results daily

    Source? Did they say swab tests? If we have 500 positivities and the positivity rate is about 80% that would be a processing amount of 2500?


  • #1178
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,410 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    Ficheall wrote:
    Based on what? The fact that yesterday was higher?


    Do a little bit of research


  • #1179
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Based on what? The fact that yesterday was higher?

    Some of the people that died that where announced yesterday died up to 3 weeks ago they said so in the briefing.

    We do seem to have peaked.


  • #1180
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,773 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    Popped in here for the first time in days and still the same sh!t going on.

    Drop in numbers, that's great. Do they still have the same testing criteria? Two symptoms or whatever they're looking for now.

    No point telling us we're doing great when they're not testing everybody with symptoms. They're also happy to have asymptomatic people walking about the place.

    When capacity isn't infinite, it makes sense to restrict the testing to those most likely to have it. Hence the increase in positives detected when they did change the criteria.


  • #1181
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Swab tests, an important distinction. Nowhere near that level are being processed for results daily
    Hospitals have capacity to test 5,000 and the turnaround has been within 24 hours. De Gascun has just said 24-36 hours in labs and they have 8000-9000 capacity.


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  • #1182
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    More testing and still a downward trend.15% admitted to hospital. Lower than the 20% that is widely reported. Evidence of effective testing. Large percentage is through contact tracing. Encouraging signs. Hopefully we can have the resources to use mask widespread and upscale testing even more so. Heading in the right direction


  • #1183
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    Are face masks on sale now in any pharmacy or they still hard to get??

    Surgical face masks in SuperValu. 2 fiddy each.


  • #1184
    Glenomra
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    Apart from deaths the pattern is very positive. Time to get back towards some sense of normality.


  • #1185
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    shinzon wrote: »
    Serious question everyone is talk about passing the peak etc etc how can there actually be a peak if weve all been quarantined and not infecting people. Ergo wouldn't leaving people about there business actually heighten the risk of infection and therefore another peak.

    Genuinely curious

    Shin

    Seems like a waste of time unless we are going to have a never-ending lockdown.


  • #1186
    easypazz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,346 ✭✭✭easypazz


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    388 new cases. Dropped again.

    Excellent news again.


  • #1187
    KrustyUCC
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    Man Vs ManUre wrote: »
    Are face masks on sale now in any pharmacy or they still hard to get??

    Depends on where you are

    I got 5 for €10 in my local pharmacy last Saturday in a Cork City suburb


  • #1188
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Ah, the super journos are out tonight!


  • #1189
    tobefrank321
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    Blanco100 wrote: »
    Some people on this forum are going to be seriously p*ssed off with the drop in numbers. They will be sobbing into their dinner.

    Not this sh*te again.


  • #1190
    bennyl10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    Popped in here for the first time in days and still the same sh!t going on.

    Drop in numbers, that's great. Do they still have the same testing criteria? Two symptoms or whatever they're looking for now.

    No point telling us we're doing great when they're not testing everybody with symptoms. They're also happy to have asymptomatic people walking about the place.

    We’re testing those that the WHO have advised to test. We had an over 90% negative when we tested everyone with a sore throat.

    We haven’t seen large spreading on society so you would assume there isn’t a large amount of asymptomatic at all


  • #1191
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,669 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Hopefully George is asleep in bed


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  • #1192
    Peanut Butter Jelly
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    It's looking like that but let's not start sucking each other d*cks just yet...
    Keep up the good work.

    Oh I fully agree. We're only here because of the good work by the vast majority to conform to the restrictions and will only be able to keep improving if we keep it up. I've not left the house since I came back from college on the 13th because I've had no reason to but have seen plenty of people on social media ignoring the restrictions
    Ficheall wrote: »
    Based on what? The fact that yesterday was higher?

    The fact that we hit the 600's and have slowly, consistently had drops in the last few days. I don't have numbers to hand at the moment, but we've made a big drop


  • #1193
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,155 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Blanco100 wrote: »
    Some people on this forum are going to be seriously p*ssed off with the drop in numbers. They will be sobbing into their dinner.

    A bewildering comment.


  • #1194
    lbj666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭lbj666


    Sorry i m still banging this drum, but did they say how many of todays confirmed cases were from the widespread testing of nursing homes.


  • #1195
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Glenomra wrote: »
    Apart from deaths the pattern is very positive. Time to get back towards some sense of normality.

    In a couple of weeks time


  • #1196
    DOCARCH
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    Is there still another 77 deaths to be added to today's 44 deaths?


  • #1197
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    lbj666 wrote: »
    Sorry i m still banging this drum, but did they say how many of todays confirmed cases were from the widespread testing of nursing homes.
    Not stated, they are doing mass testing at nursing homes so assume that some of them are. De Gascun said that they are getting 1500 requests a day and using the other numbers to test in homes.


  • #1198
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Is there still another 77 deaths to be added to today's 44 deaths?

    To the overall total - some of these deaths may have occurred at the very beginning of the outbreak.


  • #1199
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    We were being told of up to 100'000 dead and that has not happened thankfully.

    The deaths we do have are tragic but thankfully under 1'000.

    Some of us that have essential jobs can see it is not the zombie apocalypse out there some people who have been stuck at home need to get some perspective.

    I knew one of the people who has died from this virus but life has to carry on.

    It is not going to be 100% safe again for God knows how long but it is GETTING to a stage that we will be safe enough.


  • #1200
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,599 ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »
    The fact that we hit the 600's and have slowly, consistently had drops in the last few days. I don't have numbers to hand at the moment, but we've made a big drop

    We won't hit a peak until we expand testing. It's fairly static at the moment week on week. Without knowing how many tests are coming a given day we don't know where we are.

    Who is to say the 600 cases werent the day the labs were on overtime to keep up.

    The tests over the last week were 19% positive, iirc the previous week was 16% positive.


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  • #1201
    bodhrandude
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    Some positive news today. :)

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