Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 16 December
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4,141 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
As of 8am today, 443 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 108 are in ICU.
Following further data validation, the total number of Omicron cases confirmed through whole genome sequencing in Ireland to date has been revised down to 39 confirmed cases.
Day to day variation in the reported number of cases of COVID-19 does not impact on key trend analysis. Analysing over a longer time period such as a week or 14 days, smooths out any variations introduced by processing times, and provides a more stable picture of the trend.
The number of notifications on CIDR will differ from other HSE data sources, such as positive SARS-CoV-2 results uploaded to the COVID Care Tracker, for several reasons including:
Statistics on booster vaccinations are now available on the COVID-19 data hub.
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