Suddenly overwhelmed, Ireland says thousands of COVID-19 cases yet to be added

Suddenly overwhelmed, Ireland says thousands of COVID-19 cases yet to be added

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Suddenly overwhelmed, Ireland says thousands of COVID-19 cases yet to be added





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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland said on Friday that thousands more coronavirus cases had been reported in recent days as the system came under pressure, suggesting that the EU’s fastest growing outbreak was deteriorating even faster than figures showed. has.

The empty shopping street in the city center is seen after the government imposed the highest level of restrictions amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Galway, Ireland, on January 1, 2021. REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne
A Catholic worshiper places a statue of the Virgin Mary outside Galway Cathedral in front of a prayer meeting for the return of public mass, after the government imposed the highest level of restrictions amid the spread of coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) in Galway, Ireland, 1 January 2021. REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne

More than 9,000 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have yet to be added to the official version of confirmed cases, the National Emergency Team for Public Health said. A day earlier, the number of positive tests that had not yet been registered was estimated at only 4,000.

Ireland had the lowest infection rate in the European Union just two weeks ago after the fastest decline, after shops and large parts of the hospitality sector were re-admitted for most of December.

A very large number of positive tests since Christmas have led to a delay in positive swabs being formally confirmed as new individual cases. Ireland formally reported a daily record of 1,754 confirmed cases on Friday, surpassing more than 1,500 daily cases for the fourth day in a row.

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