Covid-19 Kerry

An Ciarraioch · 08-04-2021 6:12pm

Fewer than five cases today, for a rate of 29.1:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1380206170477060102

An Ciarraioch · 09-04-2021 6:05pm

Must be 4 cases today, the 14-day rate is slightly higher even though the case number isn't mentioned:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1380565949623963657

The Inbetween is mine · 10-04-2021 4:13pm

455 cases today & 14 deaths announced

amdaley28 · 10-04-2021 7:04pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

455 cases today & 14 deaths announced

Disappointing figures once again.
We really aren't going anywhere

The Inbetween is mine · 10-04-2021 7:06pm

amdaley28 wrote: »

Disappointing figures once again.
We really aren't going anywhere

We had a 4 day weekend last week, so we should see a small increase into next week, as long as the numbers don't hit high 600's to low 700's we should be ok

wonga77 · 10-04-2021 7:12pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

455 cases today & 14 deaths announced

Of the deaths reported today: 3 occurred in April, 1 in March, 6 in February, and 4 in January. They ranged in age from 55 to 90.

Of the cases reported today, half are under 30 and 77% are under 45.

I know the deaths are unfortunate but they have been low lately, most days the deaths reported are from weeks or months ago

Sardonicat · 10-04-2021 7:25pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

We had a 4 day weekend last week, so we should see a small increase into next week, as long as the numbers don't hit high 600's to low 700's we should be ok

The positivity rate is only 2.7%. Dont forget the mobile, pop-up testing centres doing walk ins. More people are being tested, a lower proportion of ttests are positive.

The Inbetween is mine · 10-04-2021 8:39pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

The positivity rate is only 2.7%. Dont forget the mobile, pop-up testing centres doing walk ins. More people are being tested, a lower proportion of ttests are positive.

The pop up centre in Finglas had a positivity rate of double that....
I think we'll definitely see a rise next week, increased interaction & movement this week alone... popped up on my Facebook feed today of a 5yos b'day party.... about 30 people there I think...the sooner I get vaccinated the better

The Inbetween is mine · 11-04-2021 4:22pm

303 cases & 2 deaths reported today

The Inbetween is mine · 12-04-2021 5:43pm

394 cases & thankfully, 0 deaths today.

An Ciarraioch · 12-04-2021 5:48pm

8 cases today, and the 14-day incidence rate has risen to 41:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1381648620538236929

Igotadose · 13-04-2021 5:16pm

FWIW a gent 70+ we know is now scheduled for vaccines in West Kerry.

An Ciarraioch · 13-04-2021 6:02pm

Under five cases today:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1382015418974547972

The Inbetween is mine · 14-04-2021 5:49pm

431 cases today and 12 deaths

An Ciarraioch · 14-04-2021 6:05pm

Belated Easter effect? Big jump to 11 cases:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1382376620862898185

An Ciarraioch · 15-04-2021 5:55pm

Electoral Area fortnightly cases:

Listowel: <5 cases (<5 per 100,000)
Tralee: 28 (84.8)
Corca Dhuibhne: <5 cases (<5)
Castleisland: 8 (46.7)
Killarney: 14 (47.3)
Kenmare: <5 (<5)

Just as well that Tralee fell slightly, with small rises in Castleisland, and a notable jump in Killarney (albeit from a low base).

newman10 · 15-04-2021 6:18pm

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Electoral Area fortnightly cases:

Listowel: <5 cases (<5 per 100,000)
Tralee: 28 (84.8)
Corca Dhuibhne: <5 cases (<5)
Castleisland: 8 (46.7)
Killarney: 14 (47.3)
Kenmare: <5 (<5)

Just as well that Tralee fell slightly, with small rises in Castleisland, and a notable jump in Killarney (albeit from a low base).

Further outbreak being reported in Killarney, will take a few days to filter through

An Ciarraioch · 15-04-2021 6:19pm

And back under 5 cases today:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1382744099489464327

An Ciarraioch · 16-04-2021 6:10pm

And again today:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1383104651453722631

Ciarrai76 · 17-04-2021 12:45am

There will be a walk in Covid test centre in Tralee from April 21st for 7 days! In Ballymullen barracks.
http://traleetoday.ie/walk-in-covid-testing-centre-to-be-available-in-tralee/

kn · 18-04-2021 1:57pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

There will be a walk in Covid test centre in Tralee from April 21st for 7 days! In Ballymullen barracks.
http://traleetoday.ie/walk-in-covid-testing-centre-to-be-available-in-tralee/

On the downside that means they feel that there is a relative high rate of transmission in Town. We may be relatively high compared to the rest of the County but not on any national basis.

An Ciarraioch · 19-04-2021 5:54pm

All still fairly low on the county front:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1384186375822446603

An Ciarraioch · 20-04-2021 5:51pm

Under 5 cases today, daily average of 3:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1384549260239200258

John_Rambo · 20-04-2021 7:36pm

kn wrote: »

On the downside that means they feel that there is a relative high rate of transmission in Town. We may be relatively high compared to the rest of the County but not on any national basis.

Do you mind me asking who are they? Who told you that?

phormium · 20-04-2021 10:26pm

Presume it relates to HSE earlier press release, they only open walk ins for a reason.

HSE Press Release: Friday, 9th April 2021

As part of the HSE’s enhanced COVID-19 testing for local communities, 4 new ‘walk-in, no appointment necessary’ COVID-19 testing centres will open on Saturday, 10th April to actively look for cases of COVID-19.

The HSE continues to open asymptomatic walk-in centres in areas where the number of positive cases are particularly high. Increasing the number of people we test will help us better understand how and why the virus is spreading quicker in certain areas.

An Ciarraioch · 21-04-2021 5:55pm

Under 5 cases again today:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1384911943673204738

Almost 3/4 of national cases are under-45s, which explains why most of the deaths reported this month have been backdated as far as January and February.

Ciarrai76 · 21-04-2021 7:14pm

My 69 year old dad is having his first dose of the vaccine tomorrow! He's delighted to finally be getting it.

E mac · 21-04-2021 7:17pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

My 69 year old dad is having his first dose of the vaccine tomorrow! He's delighted to finally be getting it.

You must be relieved/delighted! There's loads of people I know in that age bracket getting the jab tomorrow

An Ciarraioch · 22-04-2021 5:53pm

Steady as she goes over the last 3 days - only Kilkenny has a lower incidence rate:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1385270314200977411

An Ciarraioch · 22-04-2021 6:01pm

Local Electoral Area update:

Listowel: 6 (20.9 per 100,000)
Castleisland: 7 (40.8)
Tralee: 16 (48.4)
Corca Dhuibhne <5 (<5)
Killarney: 24 (81.1)
Kenmare: <5 (<5)

Sizeable drop in Tralee over the last few weeks, but Killarney has risen accordingly.

amdaley28 · 22-04-2021 8:02pm

E mac wrote: »

You must be relieved/delighted! There's loads of people I know in that age bracket getting the jab tomorrow

I got my first dose this morning in Killarney.
I have to say everything was brilliantly organized which made it all very easy.

E mac · 22-04-2021 9:54pm

amdaley28 wrote: »

I got my first dose this morning in Killarney.
I have to say everything was brilliantly organized which made it all very easy.

My own good news came today re my mother got the call to receive it Monday in Tralee. Funnily enough my father is 2 years older yet no call but hopefully any day now.

amdaley28 · 22-04-2021 10:37pm

E mac wrote: »

My own good news came today re my mother got the call to receive it Monday in Tralee. Funnily enough my father is 2 years older yet no call but hopefully any day now.

My wife who is over 70 gets her first jab on Sat at local GP's. I got my first today & I'm under 70.

An Ciarraioch · 23-04-2021 5:44pm

The 5 day moving average is down to 2:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1385634466073174019

lottpaul · 26-04-2021 8:01am

Brought my husband for his first jab to Tralee yesterday. All went well, very well organised, well signposted and all of the stewards, admin staff and vaccinators were very helpful and friendly. Congrats to them all.

On a slightly different topic I was amazed at the volume of traffic heading west towards Dingle on the N86 as we drove towards Tralee. Line after line of cars and motorbikes and even a few camper vans. I'd say the beaches, walks, mountains etc were packed. If it's like this with no inter county travel it'll be crazy in mid summer.
Was talking to a woman in the car park at the Kerry Sports Centre whose husband was getting his vaccine - they were from north Kerry - had left early in the morning, gone for a drive around Slea Head and a walk near the Blasket Centre, had a picnic near Annascaul and were dropping in for the vaccine on the way home. I was tired just listening to her description of it all!

An Ciarraioch · 26-04-2021 6:08pm

Fewer than 44 cases over the last fortnight:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1386728281865601027

wonga77 · 26-04-2021 6:24pm

Our 5 day moving average is 2. Its safe to say we're doing a good job down here.
I just wish the new confirmed cases would drop a bit and give us some hope of a normal summer

An Ciarraioch · 27-04-2021 5:51pm

No Kerry cases today!

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1387084382301790211

An Ciarraioch · 28-04-2021 5:49pm

Or today, either!

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1387447545719369730

kn · 29-04-2021 1:40am

Intercounty travel and hairdressers from Monday week. Outdoor boozing from June 7th as well as Hotels, Guesthouses and B&B's can open and will be allowed to serve residents indoor.

Ciarrai76 · 29-04-2021 9:24am

Its great to finally have a 'roadmap' of what is happening! We have been promising our little boy a trip to the zoo for the past year so I am going to have to get booking! Feels great to finally have something to look forward to

An Ciarraioch · 29-04-2021 5:56pm

Local area data for this week:

Listowel: 7 (24.4 per 100,000)
Tralee: 14 (42.4)
Castleisland, Corca Dhuibhne, Kenmare: <5 (<5)
Killarney: 16 (54)

An Ciarraioch · 29-04-2021 5:59pm

The 14-day incidence rate is now under 19:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1387812682649280513

phormium · 29-04-2021 8:01pm

Promising my grandsons trip to the zoo too for ages, will have to start planning it now

Ciarrai76 · 29-04-2021 8:22pm

phormium wrote: »

Promising my grandsons trip to the zoo too for ages, will have to start planning it now

It all has to be booked online now so need to get booking!

An Ciarraioch · 30-04-2021 5:51pm

Only 1 case today, it'd seem:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1388122896267194372

An Ciarraioch · 04-05-2021 6:00pm

Only 20 cases in the county over the last fortnight - it's Tuesday numbers that are used for the local area figures each week:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1389624200630050817

Igotadose · 05-05-2021 12:19pm

FWIW

My wife is a year older and registered the day it opened for her. Got her appointment text a week later.
The next day, I could register and did.

Fast forward nearly 2 weeks: Wife's appointment in Tralee is tomorrow. I've not heard anything since I registered. As we were trying to both go the same day for our shots, I logged into the website to see what the status of my appointment was.

Well, well.
I in fact HAVE an appointment, for Saturday. I went through the 'consent' part of the dialog, filled in the little medical questionnaire, no problem.

I called the number to see if I could reschedule for tomorrow so we don't have to make 2 long trips to Tralee, potentially with my wife not feeling well due to the vaccine tomorrow. No chance, the laminated binder jockey said hundreds of thousands trying to reschedule and all they could do was push my appointment out.

What's so scary here, is if I hadn't decided to log in, I wouldn't have found out about my appointment. I expect this is affecting other people, nothing exceptional about my signup experience.

So, if you've signed up, I'd log in and check your appointment status. They're obviously (HSE!) dropping the ball on sending out the notifications.

An Ciarraioch · 05-05-2021 5:56pm

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1389986594644430852

An Ciarraioch · 05-05-2021 6:03pm

Was on my doctor's list due to a minor issue, and just been told I'll be getting my first jab next weekend.

Covid-19 Kerry

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