CMO alarmed with increasing number of Covid cases
The Chief Medical Officer says the pattern of Covid-19 is still trending upwards, despite a drop in the number of daily cases. 264 new infections were recorded yesterday, along with two further deaths. There were 24 additional cases in Donegal, less than 5 in Sligo and 0 in Leitrim The…
€58,000 of drugs discovered by Gardaí in Co. Leitrim
Gardaí in Leitrim have discovered a cannabis grow house in Dromahair and have seized €58,000 worth of suspected drugs. Members of the Sligo/Leitrim Division carried out a search in Dromahair on Sunday at around 2pm where cannabis plants, herb and a small quantity of cocaine was discovered, all subject to…
Sizeable jump in number of Covid-19 cases
The chief medical officer says he’s ‘concerned’ the spread of Covid-19 is rising once again. It’s after 429 cases were recorded yesterday, less than two weeks after level 5 restrictions were lifted. There was one additional deaths yesterday. 46 new cases were reported in Donegal, 8 in…
Overall Covid rate of infection decreases across the region
Co. Donegal still has the highest rate of Covid-19 infection per 100,00 people and has also seen a slight increase when compared to this time last week. Leitrim continues to have the lowest rate in the country while Sligo remains on a steady downwards trend. Between November 26th and December…
Concern over Donegal’s 14 Day incidence rate
The latest set of 14 day incidence rates shows all 5 local electoral areas below the national rate of infection which stands at 80.2. per 100,000 head of population. The data was gathered between November 24th and December 7th. In Sligo there were less than 5 cases…
8 Covid Patients admitted to ICU
The Chief Medical Officer has expressed concern that 8 people were admitted to ICU with covid-19 yesterday. That’s more admissions in a 24 hour period than has happened since the middle of Spring. There are currently no patients in the ICU units in Sligo or Letterkenny Hospitals. …
Another year of Covid restrictions in store
An infectious disease expert says it could be the end of 2021 before we’re back to the ‘old normal.’ It’s after 215 more cases of Covid 19 were confirmed in the latest figures, with one further death. Ireland’s national 14 day incidence rate per 100-thousand population is now…