100,000 people have not shown up for Covid-19 swab

The HSE’s data hub on Covid-19 shows that 74,900 tests were done in the seven days up to last Wednesday.

Some 15%, or around 100,000 people, with appointments for Covid-19 swabbing have not shown up for a test since the start of the pandemic, official figures have shown.

According to Niamh O’Beirne, the HSE’s national lead for testing and tracing, data is not available on appointments cancelled. The 15% figure only refers to people who did not turn up for appointments across the country.