The @hpscireland has today been notified of 5,265* PCR confirmed cases of #COVID19.

In addition, on Wednesday 26 January, 4,673** people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

As of 8am today, 708 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 71 are in ICU.

— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) January 27, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊3,737 positive cases and, sadly, 8 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,661,792 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines ➡️https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL
Dashboard ➡️https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ pic.twitter.com/z9pYcQ8EX5

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 28, 2022

There were 9,591 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health today. Of these, 5,109 were PCR-confirmed while 4,482 were positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.https://t.co/BL0vdye0g2

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 28, 2022

Summary of COVID-19 virus variants in Ireland latest report.

Report summarises WGS results & epidemiological data for COVID-19 cases sequenced in Ireland since Dec 2020. Specimen dates for Omicron cases range from 25/11/2021-17/01/2022

Read report here 🔬https://t.co/jEaJiDVOh7 pic.twitter.com/Jx5Y8gNn6O

— HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) (@hpscireland) January 28, 2022

People are getting reinfected at 6 weeks with Omicron

Someone needs to rein in these wild journalists!

h/t @aleksj @DaveKotlyar https://t.co/Lrw6CBhHC8

— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) January 27, 2022

https://t.co/cjCeIbUiGq

— Claire Jennings (@ClaireJen79) January 27, 2022

Small study but still shows this. In UK we don’t even count reinfections so case rates are completely unreliable. Made worse as only lateral flow tests now done which aren’t usually reported.

Two-thirds with Omicron say they have had Covid before https://t.co/KmpwSA80fD

— Janet (@JanetSouthCoast) January 28, 2022

📌Not a good signal—somehow in the original 🇿🇦 epicenter of #Omicron, #BA2 subvariant has suddenly become dominant ~58% now, displacing old BA1 strain. Same thing happened in Denmark 🇩🇰 where BA2 is now over 65% dominant.

HT @JosetteSchoenma #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Mf0bChrc89

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 28, 2022

3) Virus researcher & chief physician of Danish public health authority @ssi_dk says you can get infected with #BA2 subvariant of #Omicron after being infected with Omicron BA.1. ➡️ This is why we shouldn’t risk COVID or chase mass infection. https://t.co/e73Ti9nuf9 pic.twitter.com/OMggJxKzxY

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 28, 2022

Thrilled to share the #FreshAirClip to detect a person’s exposure to #SARSCoV2 in the air. The small clip can be worn or placed in a room to monitor exposure to droplets or aerosol containing virus. #COVIDisAirborne #NSFfunded @YaleSPH @YaleSEAS @YaleMedhttps://t.co/EUrpKmn8rU

— Krystal Pollitt (@PollittKrystal) January 13, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊3,590 positive cases and, sadly, 3 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,664,503 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines ➡️ https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL

The Covid-19 dashboard will be updated on Monday 31 January. pic.twitter.com/5G4wVzemrE

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 29, 2022

Today's number represents the lowest level since 619 on 30 December and is almost 40% down from the recent peak of 1,063 patients on 10 January.https://t.co/IyVZmDy3AB

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 29, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊3,069 positive cases and, sadly, 6 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,666,997 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines ➡️ https://t.co/Yfa0hHVmRL

The Covid-19 dashboard will be updated on Monday 31 January pic.twitter.com/mhMm7VFUNZ

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 30, 2022

Reducing Covid deaths by 99% and hospitalizations by 98% with vaccination and a booster pic.twitter.com/mMqpoRyzzr

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 29, 2022

Excellent analysis. @ChristosArgyrop and I have conceded that much of the protection is NOT via immunological memory or cell priming but rather the antibodies.

I implicate the MHC downregulation by ORF8 as to why T cell responses do not suffice https://t.co/XEIeNbUFEi

— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) January 30, 2022

Anytime Sir. This underscores the importance of nAbs, mAbs, and antivirals

— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) January 30, 2022

“... kids are now getting reinfected within 30 days of their COVID infection... and yes they tested negative in between.”

“Actual cases of reinfection by Omicron are so widespread they are manifest to anyone who is not closing their eyes” https://t.co/A2kAfWAoMm

— Gin in a Teacup (@GininaTeacup1) January 30, 2022

This is not ok. pic.twitter.com/B7dFn10i3K

— Sarah Bernstein, MD, MHA, FAAP (@sbernsteinmd) January 30, 2022

"A total of 415,000 children – just over 5% of the state school intake – were absent on 20 January, up from 3.9% on 6 January. More than three-quarters of absent pupils had tested positive for Covid." https://t.co/XNUPCEnmmY

— Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) January 29, 2022

1/Is Omicron BA.2 already here?
I met a child yesterday who got Covid twice in 4 weeks. Herd immunity concept has been shortsighted by us. We cannot let ourselves get trapped by 'It's mild & It's over' narrative for our kids
Denmark: higher kids hospitalization with new variant👇 pic.twitter.com/hfokjDTP75

— Dr Liqa Ur Rehman 🇵🇰 🇮🇪 🇳🇿 🏉 (@LiqaDr) January 29, 2022

Finishing with good news. For those that don’t have hamsters. 😂

Shouldn't joke- it's actually scary. Feck.

One of the major theories for Omicron's evolution is via an animal reservoir. Here is a new report of "2 separate [Delta] transmission events [from pet hamsters] to humans are documented, one leading to onward household spread."https://t.co/wYArRR298T

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 28, 2022