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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Coronavirus - Wed Apr 7, 2021

Hospital deaths from pneumonia and COPD fell after rollout of covid vaccines

The mortality data in the report is categorised under the six principal diagnoses but this does not necessarily reflect the cause of death in each case

Tue, 25 Jul, 2023

Stillbirth/infant death rates up to two times higher among African mothers giving birth here

Stillbirth/infant death rates up to two times higher among African mothers giving birth here

The stillbirth and infant death rate for African-born mothers giving birth in Ireland is between 1. 5 and two times higher than for Irish-born mothers, shocking new data from the ESRI shows.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2022

Healthcare workers intubating a COVID patient.

Almost 15m people worldwide 'killed directly or indirectly by Covid pandemic'

The current official Covid-19 global death toll (government figures provided to the WHO) is 6.24m

Thu, 05 May, 2022

Coronavirus - Thu Jan 7, 2021

Rise in deaths after respiratory diagnoses in Irish hospitals 'directly attributed' to Covid-19

Fall in the number of cases admitted for treatment anecdotally linked to reluctance to attend hospitals over fears of contracting virus

Wed, 16 Feb, 2022

Coronavirus - Sat Apr 18, 2020

Analysis shows England had highest excess deaths across Europe in first half of 2020

England had the highest levels of excess mortality in Europe across the first half of 2020, according to new analysis by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Thu, 30 Jul, 2020