Does a Rise in Covid Cases Put Christmas At Risk?

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan has warned that recent progress in suppressing the spread of Covid-19 is at risk after a new rise in case numbers in recent days.

On Saturday, Prof Philip Nolan, Nphet’s main modeller, said keeping the country on Level 3 “would have resulted in at least 1,200 hospitalisations” and 150 deaths a month. Separately, Mr Holohan has warned the Government that the number of coronavirus cases in older people and in nursing homes, despite the Level 5 lockdown, remains a concern.

As of midnight Sunday 15th November, the HPSC has been notified of 456 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 68,356* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.The most recent figures for Clare confirm that there were 25 new cases in the county. We’re now being told that we have ‘two weeks to save Christmas’ – can we do it?

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