Ms Hackett acknowledged that there was deep frustration among restaurateurs and publicans who still cannot open despite having put in place the health measures they were told they needed. The scale at which the hospitality sector is allowed to reopen next month is expected to be a key battleground in the talks between Government and health officials this week. The Minister of State said the number of Covid cases being recorded remained a concern and that it was difficult for the Government to provide certainty for businesses as they did not want a situation where businesses open before Christmas and are then forced to close again.
Six of the deaths occurred over a hour period between Saturday and Sunday morning, with the other four deaths happening earlier but only now being reported. The total number of confirmed cases in the North now stands at 49, A total of patients were infected with the virus in hospital in the four weeks ending on November 8th, according to the figures compiled by the HSE.
This represents a sharp rise in hospital-acquired virus infections compared with the preceding months. A total of cases of hospital-acquired Covid have been reported since June 21st, when a new surveillance system was put in place to track these kind of cases. This equates to an average of about one in 1, inpatients getting hospital-acquired Covid during that period, the HSE says.
Hospitals have again become a front line during this second surge of virus cases, with large outbreaks reported in many such settings. Services have had to be curtailed at hospitals in Letterkenny , Naas and Limerick due to staff becoming infected or having to stay at home after being identified as close contacts of positive cases.
Healthcare workers account for about out of 5, coronavirus cases, or about 13 per cent of that total, occurring in the last fortnight.
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The HSE recently ordered all hospitals to test all arriving inpatients for the virus. The Irish Times reported in July that patients picked up Covid while in hospital for other conditions, and at least 79 of these patients had died. This is separate from the more than 1, deaths of residents in nursing homes and other residential institutions that have happened here during the pandemic. The HSE was unable to provide an update for the former fatality figures this weekend.
According to a spokeswoman, the new surveillance system for hospital-acquired infections does not collect information on patient outcomes. The test positivity rate for coronavirus tests now stands at 3. Only Finland and Iceland have a lower incidence of Covid than the State at present when it comes to European nations, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Case numbers are stable or declining in the Republic and 14 other European countries. The death rate is stable or declining in the Republic and three other European countries — Liechtenstein , Czech Republic and Sweden.
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