Covid-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Questions (1649)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

1649. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in ICU in the State who have been diagnosed as having the Delta variant of Covid-19. [34656/21]

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Written answers

This information isn't collected centrally. However, it is worth noting that the Delta variant is now the dominant variant in Ireland. It is currently estimated to represent over 93% of all cases (using S-Gene Target Failure as a proxy for Delta detection) and will grow further in the coming weeks.

While there will always be a lag time between a rise in cases and any subsequent rise in admissions to hospital and intensive care, it can be expected that the majority of admissions in the coming weeks will be cases of the Delta variant.