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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team 6 January 2022

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 23,817* confirmed cases of COVID-19.

 

As of 8am today, 941 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 90 are in ICU.

 

 

ENDS

 

Statistics on booster vaccinations are now available on the COVID-19 data hub.

 

#LayerUp to protect against COVID-19 infection. A range of posters and signs are available for you to use.

 

* Given the current high incidence, the daily case number is based on positive SARS-CoV-2 results uploaded to the HSE COVID Care Tracker the preceding day. These data are provisional. The HPSC and surveillance partners will continue to notify and process cases and outbreaks of COVID-19 on CIDR over this period.