WITHIN the space of 24 hours, Co Clare went from having the highest 7 day incidence rate of COVID-19 to dropping below the national average.
It comes as the HSE has announced the COVID-19 vaccination centre will temporarily relocate to Treacy’s West County Hotel this Saturday and Sunday to maximise capacity in line with demand for weekend walk-in COVID vaccine booster clinics for the 50-69 years age group. The locations and times of clinics for the week beginning December 20th will be confirmed in the coming days.
Walk-in COVID-19 Booster Clinics for 50-69s will run at the hotel this Saturday from 8.30am-7pm, and on Sunday from 1pm-7pm. Anyone who has received a notification for a scheduled appointment at the former outpatients department of Ennis Hospital on Sunday morning should attend.
No appointment is required at the walk-in booster clinics in the West County for those in the 50-69 years age group. Anyone attending should note that, in accordance with national guidance, three months (90 days) must have passed since you received your Dose 2 vaccine. Anyone who had the single-dose Janssen vaccine, must wait at least three months before receiving a Booster dose. Anyone that has tested positive for the virus in the past six months should not attend.
Data published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) on Tuesday showed that Co Clare had the highest seven day incidence rate of COVID-19 per 100,000 of the population at 54.90.
However within the space of 24 hours, Clare went from the highest rate to 45.60 which was the thirteenth highest in the country and was below the national average of 47.48.
Within the past fortnight, there have been 1,331 confirmed cases of the virus diagnosed in Clare.
Up to close of business last Sunday, December 12th, a total of 439,462 COVID-19 vaccines had been delivered across the three Mid-West COVID-19 Vaccination Centres, including 45,752 booster doses. Approximately 95% of last week’s regional total of 12,133 vaccines were booster doses (11,553).
