Covid 19 Part XXVI- 50,993 ROI (1,852 deaths) 28,040 NI (621 deaths) (19/10) Read OP

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Fregal Bowers giving the rundown on today's figures, someone must have told the gob****e Lee that he's not the health correspondent.

I think Fergal is allowed a day off here and there.

snowgal wrote: »

I absolutely thought that they would do this as soon as I heard.. I posted it to my family app since level five talk yesterday. Seems clear as day they’d it put it off and wait for the schools to close next Friday and then put the whole country into lockdown Together, schools then remain closed longer...

That would make sense alright, but the problem is the longer you wait to take these measures the worse it might be on the hospitals. Level 3 restrictions seem to be finally working in Dublin, but waiting till the number stabilise everywhere under level 3 could lead to hospitals being overwhelmed in the mean time.

Necro wrote: »

Less than 5 cases so they don't report for data protection reasons I think.

That would be great news for both counties (especially Monaghan which had horrible numbers recently).

I have my doubts though.

Dublin vs rest of ROI numbers since the introduction of Level 3 in Dublin on September 19th

Maybe the first early indication that Level 3 in the rest of ROI that Level 3 is slowing the growth rate based on both the 7 day and 14 days percentage average, however Dublin's 7 day percentage average after 6 days of stablising has now substantially been growing again for the most recent 6 days which indicates Level 3 slows growth initially but will result in an eventual resurgence or we are missing substantial community spread. Level 3 will not continue nationally for much longer

Day Month Date Dublin Weekly 7 Day 7 Day % 14 Day 14 Day % Non-Dub Weekly 7 Day 7 Day % 14 Day 14 Day %
Saturday September 19th 166 1,019 145.57 54.39% 119.93 115.26% 108 822 117.43 53.07% 97.07 56.03%
Sunday September 20th 241 1,104 157.71 47.59% 132.29 128.92% 155 878 125.43 55.12% 103.14 57.13%
Monday September 21st 76 1,072 153.14 34.00% 133.71 136.36% 112 890 127.14 43.55% 107.86 69.47%
Tuesday September 22nd 174 1,028 146.86 22.97% 133.14 94.78% 160 911 130.14 43.69% 110.36 64.19%
Wednesday September 23rd 103 995 142.14 8.03% 136.86 109.40% 131 924 132.00 28.51% 117.36 81.95%
Thursday September 24th 167 1,043 149.00 11.79% 141.14 100.00% 157 960 137.14 27.83% 122.21 83.39%
Friday September 25th 152 1,079 154.14 16.27% 143.36 89.88% 174 997 142.43 24.94% 128.21 89.35%
Saturday September 26th 104 1,017 145.29 -0.20% 145.43 89.75% 144 1,033 147.57 25.67% 132.50 95.47%
Sunday September 27th 212 988 141.14 -10.51% 149.43 73.61% 218 1,096 156.57 24.83% 141.00 91.65%
Monday September 28th 209 1,121 160.14 4.57% 156.64 70.26% 181 1,165 166.43 30.90% 146.79 86.48%
Tuesday September 29th 154 1,101 157.29 7.10% 152.07 51.75% 209 1,214 173.43 33.26% 151.79 88.55%
Wednesday September 30th 189 1,187 169.57 19.30% 155.86 46.84% 240 1,323 189.00 43.18% 160.50 85.86%
Thursday October 1st 170 1,190 170.00 14.09% 159.50 43.69% 272 1,438 205.43 49.79% 171.29 86.47%
Friday October 2nd 198 1,236 176.57 14.55% 165.36 40.64% 272 1,536 219.43 54.06% 180.93 87.77%
Saturday October 3rd 224 1,356 193.71 33.33% 169.50 41.33% 389 1,781 254.43 72.41% 201.00 107.06%
Sunday October 4th 100 1,244 177.71 25.91% 159.43 20.52% 264 1,827 261.00 66.70% 208.79 102.42%
Monday October 5th 134 1,169 167.00 4.28% 163.57 22.33% 384 2,030 290.00 74.25% 228.21 111.59%
Tuesday October 6th 111 1,126 160.86 2.27% 159.07 19.47% 321 2,142 306.00 76.44% 239.71 117.22%
Wednesday October 7th 218 1,155 165.00 -2.70% 167.29 22.23% 393 2,295 327.86 73.47% 258.43 120.21%
Thursday October 8th 91 1,076 153.71 -9.58% 161.86 14.68% 415 2,438 348.29 69.54% 276.86 126.53%
Friday October 9th 123 1,001 143.00 -19.01% 159.79 11.46% 494 2,660 380.00 73.18% 299.71 133.76%
Saturday October 10th 241 1,018 145.43 -24.93% 169.57 16.60% 771 3,042 434.57 70.80% 344.50 160.00%
Sunday October 11th 226 1,144 163.43 -8.04% 170.57 14.15% 588 3,366 480.86 84.24% 370.93 163.07%
Monday October 12th 254 1,264 180.57 8.13% 173.79 10.94% 571 3,553 507.57 75.02% 398.79 171.68%
Tuesday October 13th 190 1,343 191.86 19.27% 176.36 15.97% 621 3,853 550.43 79.88% 428.21 182.12%
Wednesday October 14th 246 1,371 195.86 18.70% 180.43 15.77% 849 4,309 615.57 87.76% 471.71 193.90%
Thursday October 15th 288 1,568 224.00 45.72% 188.86 18.41% 917 4,811 687.29 97.33% 517.79 202.29%
Friday October 16th 254 1,699 242.71 69.73% 192.86 16.63% 746 5,063 723.29 90.34% 551.64 204.90%
Saturday October 17th 278 1,736 248.00 70.53% 196.71 16.06% 998 5,290 755.71 73.90% 595.14 196.09%

BringBackMick wrote: »

The government need to be brave here, Level 3 with some added measures, such as the household visit ban and perhaps curtailing some social outlets further will turn the growth rate negative.

Dublin R rate will turn negative in 5-7 days.

Rest of country growth rate will turn negative in 7-10 days.

We need a strong level headed government here.

They must not waiver to the lockdown NPHET hawks

Level 3 +,well 3 and 1/2 really, now maybe move on to 3 and 3/4 or something like that.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

A record for recorded cases yes, not for actual, one would think

Weren't you also making excuses for rising numbers when they were in the 20s?

Kh1993 wrote: »

Shopping centres packed too.

Not surprised, people worried they’re all going to close next week given the constant leaks of lockdown threats. Most people considering it their last shopping weekend before Xmas.

The likes of Tesco, Aldi and Lidl have had queues where I am today. Mind boggling stuff. Those shops won’t close no matter what lockdown we go into.

DeanAustin wrote: »

The likes of Tesco, Aldi and Lidl have had queues where I am today. Mind boggling stuff. Those shops won’t close no matter what lockdown we go into.

Probably the same fcukin pasta and toilet roll drama queens that cleared the shelves back in March.
Should be fcukin ashamed of themselves.
God help the staff that has to be listening to their sh1te talk all day long.

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

What's your opinion on pool testing?

It has had its benefits where prevalence of the virus is low. But we cannot just start pooling samples and using the same equipment as we do now.

The tests are manufactured and validated for nasopharengeal swabs from one patient at a time.
So you cant just decide to use saliva or pooled samples because that is not how the assay was made to be used. Pooling samples causes dilution and reduces the viral load in the sample. Therefore you cannot stand over your results.
You have to get either more analsyers (and staff) to start doing different testing.

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Lee seems to get alot of screen time for a topic that is not his topic of reportage. I suppose though his inclination for being a miserable pr*ck fits the tone RTE wishes to set

Well the virus is also a science subject in fairness

Artane2002 wrote: »

RIP to those people indeed but I don't understand posts like this. this is a thread for discussing the pandemic, so it's not like people are suggesting that non-Covid deaths are irrelevant.

That particular poster has contributed nothing to this thread except that ,ever. He's been on a wind up for the last 7 months. When the deaths disappeared so did he.

The irish media is creating a smokescreen to get away from the government failings. Just spend all day discussing npet and levels and let the fools buy it.