Covid 19 Part XXI-27,908 in ROI (1,777 deaths) 6,647 in NI (559 deaths)(22/08)Read OP

techdiver · 14-08-2020 05:33PM

Can someone answer a question for me.

So we get 138 positive swabs today. Allowing for retests why are number of cases held back and not announced the same day? If they know the positive swabs why don't they announce that daily? Why hold them back?

I'm not saying it happens all the time, but it does happen.

Mental Mickey · 14-08-2020 05:34PM

Any news on figures today?

redmgar · 14-08-2020 05:34PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I’m finished arguing lads, we’ve bigger things to worry about than our own opinions tbh

To be fair every time someone previously posted something that didn't allign with your view that everything is grand you would reply to the contrary.

Oranage2 · 14-08-2020 05:35PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

I live in a town of 35,000 people, I couldn't tell you bar the people I know who's a local and who isn't. By your logic I should be ringing the Gardaí if I hear a strange accent just incase they aren't a local.

Is this really what we're resorting to ?

You could do your own investigation before calling the gardai, for instance if you feel confident enough you could in gage him and ask him some questions to get a feeler for him, or easily just follow him from a distance and see where he goes etc.

Wolf359f · 14-08-2020 05:35PM

Benimar wrote: »

Yes, it’s up on yesterday. It’s down on the weekly average, but given it’s based on more testing, we have more absolute cases.

Not the end of the world, but hardly hugely positive either.

Increase positivity rate can mean the virus is spreading.
Lower positivity rate can mean it's being supressed.
Targeted testing can screw that up, mass test nursing homes and find no cases and then start testing a cluster in a meat factory and it screws it all up.
Without knowing alot more details, it's too hard to know.
Those stats are for the real experts to analyze.

The sheer numbers coming from the clusters and the number of clusters popping up in many counties is a cause of concern.

Limpy · 14-08-2020 05:35PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

I live in a town of 35,000 people, I couldn't tell you bar the people I know who's a local and who isn't. By your logic I should be ringing the Gardaí if I hear a strange accent just incase they aren't a local.

Is this really what we're resorting to ?

No, Some people are brainwashed by the news and live in fear.

stephenjmcd · 14-08-2020 05:37PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

You could do your own investigation before calling the gardai, for instance if you feel confident enough you could in gage him and ask him some questions to get a feeler for him, or easily just follow him from a distance and see where he goes etc.

I dont even know how to reply to that.

Bloody hell

Wolf359f · 14-08-2020 05:38PM

techdiver wrote: »

Can someone answer a question for me.

So we get 138 positive swabs today. Allowing for retests why are number of cases held back and not announced the same day? If they know the positive swabs why don't they announce that daily? Why hold them back?

I'm not saying it happens all the time, but it does happen.

I think they need time to link them to clusters. Normally they would announce x number of cases and it would fall in line with the number of positive tests the previous 24hrs. We would then get a detailed breakdown 48hrs later on those cases. We seem to get more details with the case numbers now, so I think they're linking cases as best they can within a tight deadline and release those figures and case history the same day.

ACitizenErased · 14-08-2020 05:38PM

That has to be a wind up

road_high · 14-08-2020 05:43PM

Limpy wrote: »

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No, Some people are brainwashed by the news and live in fear.

Theres plenty thinking this is normal. They’re about one Facebook post away from being out with the pitch forks

shinzon · 14-08-2020 05:43PM

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0814/1159095-covid-figures/?fbclid=IwAR3Ppu_3n15SMDe0iO3OyzuQ3iH5Yk9MpbyNYbqyL3MWMZhCR7QZRkmVU7E

Over half, or 54%, of all confirmed coronavirus cases are linked to an outbreak, according to the Central Statistics Office.

An outbreak is defined as two or more Covid-19 cases in the same location and time, and there have been 14,359 positive cases linked to an outbreak.

The CSO says that the average age of confirmed coronavirus cases related to an outbreak is 50.

There has been a rise in the number of cases linked to outbreaks in private homes for the fifth week in a row, according to the CSO.

Shin

mloc123 · 14-08-2020 05:43PM

Wolf359f wrote: »

I think they need time to link them to clusters. Normally they would announce x number of cases and it would fall in line with the number of positive tests the previous 24hrs. We would then get a detailed breakdown 48hrs later on those cases. We seem to get more details with the case numbers now, so I think they're linking cases as best they can within a tight deadline and release those figures and case history the same day.

It does seem like cases are announced after they are "completed"... Which I assume involves contact tracing etc...

Itssoeasy · 14-08-2020 05:44PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

That has to be a wind up

A 96fm wind up ?

froog · 14-08-2020 05:46PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

You could do your own investigation before calling the gardai, for instance if you feel confident enough you could in gage him and ask him some questions to get a feeler for him, or easily just follow him from a distance and see where he goes etc.

Wolf359f · 14-08-2020 05:47PM

mloc123 wrote: »

It does seem like cases are announced after they are "completed"... Which I assume involves contact tracing etc...

Well I'm sure if they announced 100+ cases and when asked if they know if they are linked to a cluster, they couldn't actually answer it. News headlines would lead with 100+ cases of community transmission lol.

shinzon · 14-08-2020 05:49PM

No deaths and 67 cases

Shin

Always_Running · 14-08-2020 05:49PM

Cases 67 no deaths.

froog · 14-08-2020 05:50PM

not great, not terrible.

ACitizenErased · 14-08-2020 05:51PM

Of the cases notified today:

35 are men and 32 are women
70% are under 45 years of age
38 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
16 cases have been identified as community transmission
18 are in Dublin, 17 in Kildare, 9 in Clare, 5 in Limerick, and the rest of the 18 cases are in Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Tipperary, Wexford, Wicklow

Boggles · 14-08-2020 05:52PM

38 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case

16 cases have been identified as community transmission

18 are in Dublin, 17 in Kildare, 9 in Clare, 5 in Limerick, and the rest of the 18 cases are in Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Tipperary, Wexford, Wicklow

We have seen cases rising all across the country this week. We must continue to do all we can to avoid a return to where we were in March and April

Harry Palmr · 14-08-2020 05:52PM

About par for the course in late summer though the bump in community spread is potentially concerning.

owlbethere · 14-08-2020 05:52PM

techdiver wrote: »

Can someone answer a question for me.

So we get 138 positive swabs today. Allowing for retests why are number of cases held back and not announced the same day? If they know the positive swabs why don't they announce that daily? Why hold them back?

I'm not saying it happens all the time, but it does happen.

138 of positive swabs today. Why is it reported that we have 67 new cases and not 138 new cases?

Lyle · 14-08-2020 05:52PM

After we just got the backlog in positive tests cleared, now there's 71 up in the air again. :rolleyes:

ACitizenErased · 14-08-2020 05:53PM

Carlow is the county to watch for. 6 more cases yesterday and more today.

Turtwig · 14-08-2020 05:54PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Of the cases notified today:

35 are men and 32 are women
70% are under 45 years of age
38 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
16 cases have been identified as community transmission
18 are in Dublin, 17 in Kildare, 9 in Clare, 5 in Limerick, and the rest of the 18 cases are in Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Tipperary, Wexford, Wicklow

Open to correction here: has community transmission as a portion of confirmed cases been slowly increasing?

wadacrack · 14-08-2020 05:54PM

We have seen cases rising all across the country this week. We must continue to do all we can to avoid a return to where we were in March and April.

"We have also seen an increase in the average number of contacts for confirmed cases up to 6. It is crucial to keep your social contacts low to limit the spread of this disease.

"We all have a responsibility to stop this. Social distancing applies to all age groups - wherever you are this weekend, keep your distance."

Gruffalux · 14-08-2020 05:54PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Carlow is the county to watch for. 6 more cases yesterday and more today.

The missing C in LOKDown...

Always_Running · 14-08-2020 05:55PM

owlbethere wrote: »

138 of positive swabs today. Why is it reported that we have 67 new cases and not 138 new cases?

All positive tests aren't cases because some get tested twice but I won't be surprised if we get close to 100 cases tomorrow.

s1ippy · 14-08-2020 05:55PM

They'll probably throw the spare cases in at the weekend to keep us on our toes.

The 16 community transmission is a balls.

ACitizenErased · 14-08-2020 05:56PM

Turtwig wrote: »

Open to correction here: has community transmission been slowly increasing?

Theres been a marginal increase yes. The number is useless though unless they tell us where they are. Is it 16 cases with one per county or is it 15 in one county and 1 in another etc.

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